Plessy v. Ferguson Case

A slideshow showing how places such as the laundromat and waiting rooms were segregated by color --Photos courtesy of Google Images--

               
               School segregation was made legal by the Plessy vs. Ferguson case in 1896.  The equal protection clause was supposed to offer equal education to blacks and whites; however, blacks were still getting poor education.  The equal protection clause was over ridden when the Plessy vs. Ferguson case was passed.  It stated that segregated facilities were constitutional, as long as the black and white facilities were equal to each other.   Although it stated that the black facilities would be equal to the whites facilities, they were not.