The Rise and Decline of the Constitutional Doctrine of Plessy v. Ferguson in the Field of Public Education

Paul J Beddia, Fordham University

Abstract

Whatever the framers of the Fourteenth Amendment may have thought of racial segregation, it has been widely practiced and almost as widely supported by state and local authority* Its validity was sustained by the Supreme Court, under the "separate but equal" doctrine.

Subject Area

Multicultural Education|Public policy|Education Policy|African American Studies

Recommended Citation

Beddia, Paul J, "The Rise and Decline of the Constitutional Doctrine of Plessy v. Ferguson in the Field of Public Education" (1958). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI28623335.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI28623335

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