Statements (189)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkb:court_cases |
| gptkbp:addressed |
racial segregation
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| gptkbp:argued_on |
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
|
| gptkbp:associated_with |
gptkb:14th_Amendment
racial discrimination equal protection clause |
| gptkbp:case_analysis |
still relevant in discussions of equality
used in civil rights education |
| gptkbp:case_number |
extensively documented in legal archives
163 U. S. 537 |
| gptkbp:case_outcome |
long-term effects on American law
set back civil rights for decades upheld segregation in public facilities |
| gptkbp:case_significance |
critical in understanding civil rights history
|
| gptkbp:case_types |
constitutional law case
|
| gptkbp:community_impact |
institutional racism
|
| gptkbp:consequences |
legitimized segregation
justified segregation laws |
| gptkbp:context |
gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws
post-Reconstruction America |
| gptkbp:court |
gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States |
| gptkbp:cultural_impact |
gptkb:public_transportation
gptkb:Public_School African American community influenced literature and art American society public facilities |
| gptkbp:decided_by |
gptkb:1896
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States May 18, 1896 |
| gptkbp:discusses |
gptkb:public_opinion
human rights issues social justice issues civil liberties cultural impacts equality under the law community responses civil rights implications |
| gptkbp:dissent_written_by |
gptkb:Justice_Harlan
|
| gptkbp:dissenting_opinion |
gptkb:Justice_John_Marshall_Harlan
|
| gptkbp:doctrine |
de jure segregation
|
| gptkbp:educational_value |
taught in law schools
|
| gptkbp:established |
separate but equal doctrine
|
| gptkbp:governed_by |
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
|
| gptkbp:highlights |
racial inequality
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| gptkbp:historical_context |
gptkb:Post-Reconstruction_America
gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws post-Reconstruction America racial tensions in the South |
| gptkbp:historical_debate |
debated by historians
|
| gptkbp:historical_figure |
gptkb:Justice_Brown
gptkb:Justice_Harlan gptkb:Homer_Plessy |
| gptkbp:historical_significance |
gptkb:human_rights
gptkb:legal_reforms gptkb:social_justice gptkb:social_movements gptkb:legal_case American legal history constitutional law judicial review civil liberties racial equality Supreme Court decisions symbol of racial injustice legal equality landmark Supreme Court decision equality under the law discrimination laws civil rights jurisprudence |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Plessy v. Ferguson
|
| gptkbp:impact |
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
political discourse
educational policies subsequent legislation future civil rights cases future Supreme Court decisions social attitudes towards race |
| gptkbp:influenced_by |
social Darwinism
social attitudes of the time Plessy v. Ferguson (1892) case |
| gptkbp:involved |
gptkb:Plessy's_arrest
gptkb:Homer_Plessy legal representation African American rights advocacy racial identity issues Louisiana law 14th Amendment interpretation legal arguments about equality train car incident |
| gptkbp:involved_parties |
gptkb:Louisiana
gptkb:Homer_Plessy Louisiana state law |
| gptkbp:is_analyzed_in |
legal challenges
judicial interpretation judicial philosophy legal ramifications |
| gptkbp:is_challenged_by |
racial discrimination
|
| gptkbp:is_cited_in |
163 U. S. 537
numerous subsequent court cases |
| gptkbp:is_considered |
state segregation laws
|
| gptkbp:is_countered_by |
gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education
|
| gptkbp:is_examined_in |
gptkb:historical_narratives
constitutional law historical precedents public facilities social norms social justice movements equal protection clause state vs. federal authority public transportation laws |
| gptkbp:is_influenced_by |
inspired civil rights activists
|
| gptkbp:judges |
7-1 decision
|
| gptkbp:judicial_review |
Supreme Court's power of judicial review
|
| gptkbp:jurisdiction |
United States federal jurisdiction
|
| gptkbp:led_to |
systematic discrimination
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| gptkbp:legacy |
legacy of inequality in America
|
| gptkbp:legal_framework |
established legal framework for segregation
originalism vs. living constitution shaped future Supreme Court decisions |
| gptkbp:legal_issue |
gptkb:public_transportation
gptkb:14th_Amendment gptkb:Christian_theology gptkb:moral_philosophy gptkb:social_justice gptkb:political_theory public policy civil rights constitutional law judicial review civil liberties social norms social equality federal oversight law and economics legal equality legal philosophy social contract theory judicial activism legal ethics racial segregation critical legal studies constitutional interpretation political equality judicial restraint law and society state rights equal protection clause sociological jurisprudence discrimination laws feminist legal theory historical precedent equal facilities Plessy's arrest for sitting in a whites-only car |
| gptkbp:legal_outcome |
upheld segregation
legitimized state-sponsored segregation affirmed state segregation laws |
| gptkbp:legal_principle |
separate but equal
|
| gptkbp:legal_representation |
analyzed in legal textbooks
|
| gptkbp:legislation |
gptkb:Louisiana_Separate_Car_Act
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964 |
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:New_Orleans,_Louisiana
|
| gptkbp:outcome |
upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws
|
| gptkbp:part_of |
Civil Rights Movement history
legal history of the United States |
| gptkbp:political_impact |
institutionalized racism
|
| gptkbp:precedent |
gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws
gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education gptkb:race separate but equal doctrine justification for segregation |
| gptkbp:public_perception |
gptkb:Justice_Henry_Billings_Brown
|
| gptkbp:public_reaction |
controversial decision
|
| gptkbp:related_cases |
gptkb:Giles_v._Harris
gptkb:Mississippi_v._Williams gptkb:Cumming_v._Richmond_County_Board_of_Education |
| gptkbp:related_to |
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws Plessy v. Ferguson (1890) incident |
| gptkbp:resulted_in |
gptkb:legal_case
legal justification for segregation |
| gptkbp:significance |
landmark decision
upheld racial segregation established 'separate but equal' doctrine |
| gptkbp:subsequent_overturned_by |
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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