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