In upholding louisiana’s separate car act, the supreme court claimed that segregation did not constitute discrimination. the fourteenth amendment did not apply to southern states. discrimination was necessary in order to maintain public order. segregation was unconstitutional based on the fourteenth amendment.

Segregation did not constitute discrimination.  

Further Explanation:-

This act was passed by the Louisiana state legislature in the year 1890 and provided separate train coaches for Blacks and the whites. An unsuccessful challenge to this law was made in the year  

1896 but the Supreme court of the United States upheld the constitutionality of the state laws requiring racial segregation.

Plessy V. Ferguson was known as a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in the year 1896 which kept the constitutionality of racial segregation and this was upheld under the doctrine of separate but equal. This issue came into effect when a passenger of  African-American background whose name was Homer Plessy denied sitting in a car which was for blacks. Supreme Court denied the argument made by Plessy that his rights which were provided to him under constitution were violated and Court further stated that a law which is implied merely a legal distinction which was between Blacks and Whites cannot be termed as unconstitutional. This verdict by Supreme Court expressed the doctrine of 'Separate but Equal" and termed it as a constitutional justification with regards to segregation. Various public interstate railroads were segregated as the verdict by Supreme Court sanctioned Buses, hotels as well as schools.  

The separate facilities that were provided people of the African American community were not as of required standards and were consistently inferior as compared to people who belonged to the White Community. This was viewed as a contradiction to the vague declaration which stated ‘Separate but Equal' institutions.

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Answer details:

Grade – High School

Subject – History

Chapter – Plessy V. Ferguson

Keywords –Plessy, Ferguson, United States, Blacks, Whites, Supreme Court, Railroads, African-American, Segregated, Argument, Implied

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