Question

Which 1896 Supreme Court case resulted in the “separate but equal” doctrine?

A.) Plessy v. Ferguson
B.) Williams v. Mississippi
C.) Brown v. Board of Education
D.) Wells v. Memphis
E.) Marbury v. Madison

Answer 1

In 1986 Supreme Court upheld the segregation through the constitution under the doctrine of "separate but equal" which stemmed in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson. Homer Plessy, who was an African American train passenger refused to sit with Jim Crow and was brought to Judge John H. Ferguson.