![]() ![]() It held that a different train accommodation for African-American people did not lower their social rank in any way: there was no legal inequality between the races, but only a separation of the races. Even in his appeal, the Supreme Court decided against him, holding that equal protection did not require the races to mingle together. Even though he alleged that the Louisiana laws were contradictory to and violated the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution of the United States, he was found guilty of violating the Louisiana laws. Here, the Plessy principle of ‘separate but equal was formed. ![]() ![]() When the conductor found him and asked him to leave, he refused and was arrested. In the case of Plessy v Ferguson, the Supreme Court held that the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment was not infringed, where an African-American man was refused a ride in an all white train in Louisiana. The Supreme Court held that Kansas laws that encouraged discrimination in the enrollment into schools, were in conflict with the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. On appeal to the Supreme Court, the Supreme Court held in favour of the African-American parents whose children were discriminated against. While the court agreed that the segregation laws had adverse effects on the African-American children, it disagreed with the argument that the black schools and the white schools had different educational facilities, holding that the facilities in these schools were equal. The case was first tried in the District Court of Kansas where it was held in favour of the Board of Education of the City of Topeka. Whether there was provided for black schools equal educational facilities.Īlso see: Facts, Issues and Judgment of Court In Donoghue v Stevenson Judgement of the court in Brown v Board of Education Whether or not the segregation laws of Kansas violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. ![]()
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