Plessy vs. Ferguson
When was the case tried in front of the U.S. Supreme Court?
May 18, 1896
Who was the defendant??
Board of Education
What was the impact on the civil rights.
Moment Bakke vs California?
The court ruled unconstitutional a university's use of racial "quotas" in its admissions Process.
Who was Judge John Ferguson represented by?
Alexander Morse
Who was plaintiff??
Oliver Brown
Bakke argued that the school had a _________
of 16/100 spots reserved for
minorities.
A quota
Who represented Homer Plessy in the Supreme Court?
Albion Tourgee
True or False
Did the case start in Tupelo, Mississippi??
False !! The case started in Topeka, Kansas in 1951
Bakke said that the medical school violate this act
The civil rights act of 1964
What impact did this case have on the civil rights movement?
It upheld the principle of racial segregation
How did the Brown vs. Board of Education impact society??
It ended legalized racial segregation in schools in the U.S.
This was the premise for Bakke’s case
Over qualification.
What impact did this case have on American society??
It became the legal basis for real segregation in the U.S. for the next fifty years
Who was the NAACP attorney who helped Brown fight his case???
Charles Hamilton Houston
Allan Bakke believed that the uc Davis medical school had violated this amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment