FIRST
DIVES
The end of
Segregation
1896: Plessy v. Ferguson
The Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that racial segregation laws do not violate the Fourteenth Amendment as long as they adhere to a "separate but equal" standard.
1954: Brown v. Board of Education
In Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court rules that "separate but equal" is a flawed standard.