...from political, equality, or a commingling of the two races upon terms unsatisfactory to either. Laws permitting, and even requiring, their separation in...race to the other, and have been generally, if not universally, recognized as within the competency of the state legislatures in the exercise of their...

...itself spoke only of equal protection of the law.) Justice Brown's tortured opinion continued: Laws permitting, and even requiring, their separation in...race to the other, and have been generally, if not universally, recognized as within the competency of the state legislatures in the exercise of their...

...machinery of American society treats the black race as inferior." Instead, the Plessy Court stated, "Laws permitting, and even requiring their separation in...imply the inferiority of either race to the other." If blacks felt discriminated against, said the Court, it was "not by reason of anything found in the...

...from political equality, or a commingling of the two races upon terms unsatisfactory to either. Laws permitting, and even requiring, their separation in...imply the inferiority of either race to the other. . . . The most common instance is connected with the establishment of separate schools for white and...

...degrade or stigmatize the black person. "Laws permitting, and even requiring, [racial segregation] in places where they are liable to be brought into...imply the inferiority of either race to the other. . . ."13 Moreover, Brown asserted that any sense of stigma felt by a black person would be self-imposed:...

...degrade or stigmatize the black person. "Laws permitting, and even requiring [racial segregation], in places where they are liable to be brought into...imply the inferiority of either race to the other." 20 Moreover, Brown asserted that any sense of stigma felt by a black person would be self-imposed....

...opinion. The Court there said (p. 544) that laws requiring the separation of the white and colored races "do not necessarily imply the inferiority of either race to the other" (italics supplied). In other words if the separation required did imply the inferiority of one race,...

...from political equality, or a commingling of the two races upon terms unsatisfactory to either. Laws permitting, and even requiring, their separation in...race to the other, and have been generally, if not universally, recognized as within the competency of the state legislatures in the exercise of their...

...majority in Plessy v. Ferguson: "Laws permitting, and even requiring, [the separation of the two races] in places where they are liable to be brought into...imply the inferiority of either race to the other . . . The most common instance of this is connected with the establishment of separate schools for...

...from political, equality, or a commingling of the two races upon terms unsatisfactory to either. Laws permitting, and even requiring, their separation in...race to the other, and have been generally, if not universally, recognized as within the competency of the state legislatures in the exercise of their...