Looking at enduring educational impact of “Separate but Equal,” which was not entirely rectified by the 1954 decision outlawing school segregation in Brown v. law to recognize the freedom of individuals to define and express their own identities. To ensure personal autonomy in such domains requires the continual reevaluation of U.S. From sex and marriage to adoption, gender recognition, employment, and voting, persistent discrimination turns in various degrees on state authority to define, categorize, and deny freedom of personal identity. Davis discusses how control over personal identity lay at the heart of Plessy, and how its denial of basic human rights and fundamental freedoms reverberates today. jurisprudence would look very different today. If the views of Justice Harlan – the lone dissenter in Plessy – had prevailed, U.S. The wide latitude for judicial interpretation granted to judges means that who decides matters, and today, just as much as in 1896, the justices sitting on the Supreme Court matter. powell provides a nuanced overview of the legal context of the case to show that segregation was not only about separating people by race but was primarily about preserving White supremacy. The contributors grapple with a central overarching question: How is it that a court decision from 125 years ago still has such an enduring impact on racial disparities? john a. Gooden (Virginia Commonwealth University) – eminent scholars in constitutional law, economics, and public administration respectively – the volume includes contributions from an interdisciplinary roster of experts, each offering fresh insights on the doctrine of “Separate but Equal” as it relates to citizenship, colorism, and civil rights in the United States. Myers (University of Minnesota), and Susan T. powell (University of California, Berkeley), Samuel L. This special volume of RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences revisits the legacy of the decision on its 125th anniversary to consider the connection between constitutionally imposed segregation, institutionalized white supremacy, and enduring racial inequality. While the Civil Rights movement and subsequent Supreme Court decisions in the twentieth century did much to mitigate its effects, its consequences reverberate in ways large and small today. Ferguson made state-sanctioned racial segregation the law of the land in the United States in 1896. The notorious Supreme Court decision Plessy v. Improving Education and Reducing Inequality in the United States.
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