Separate AND/BUT Equal
Words: 1013 Pages: 3 5109What is “Separate BUT Equal”? “Separate but Equal” is racially isolated yet apparently guaranteeing equivalent chances to all races. “In the “Separate but Equal” doctrine adopted in Plessy v. Ferguson , 163 U.S 537, has no place in the field of public education.” “...pursuant to state laws permitting or requiring such segregation, denies to Negro children the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment…” The historical backdrop of the Fourteenth Amendment is uncertain as to its proposed […]