IMPACT ON SOCIETY
1. The Plessy decision set the precedent that separate facilities for blacks and for whites were constitutional as long as they were equal.
2. It allowed segregation in public facilities for over 60 years until it was overturned by the Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.
3. Plessy was one of the first cases to challenge the segregation that was occurring in the United States, it was the first step towards equality between races in the US.
4. It set upbarriers between blacks and whites that would have prevented social progress for decade to come.
1. The Plessy decision set the precedent that separate facilities for blacks and for whites were constitutional as long as they were equal.
2. It allowed segregation in public facilities for over 60 years until it was overturned by the Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.
3. Plessy was one of the first cases to challenge the segregation that was occurring in the United States, it was the first step towards equality between races in the US.
4. It set upbarriers between blacks and whites that would have prevented social progress for decade to come.