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Timespan of Legalized Segregation
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13th Amendment Ratified
Amendment bans the practice of slavery in every way -
14th Amendment Ratified
Creates birthright citizenship, gives all men regardless of color the right to vote and creates the equal protection clause which states that all the laws of the United States apply equally to everyone. -
Louisiana Segregation Law
The State of Louisiana passes a law requiring seperate railroad cars for blacks and whites -
Plessy Tests Law
Homer Plessy Boards the white section of the train, declares himself black and gets arrested.- -
Plessy Appeals to the Supreme Court
Homer Plessy appeals to the Supreme Court. The court ruled against Plessy using the doctrine "seperate but equal' as justification. -
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Jim Crow Era
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Brown v. Board
Supreme Court rules that the segregation of schools is unconstitutional based on the logic that separate is inherently unequal. This overturns the ruling of Plessy v. Ferguson.
