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Plessy vs Ferguson
It was ruled that it was legal to have segragation as long as were both be treated equal. -
Norris vs Alabama
Overturned the conviction of Clarence Norris because the 14th amendment said that there should have been a jury of mixed officials and not just whites -
Morgan vs Virginia
This was a fight between a women who said that she was not going to give her seat up on a bus ride from Virginia to Maryland. The supreme court stated that the Virginia law was unconstitutional. -
Democrats split in 1948
Southern democrats became angered with Truman supporting the Civil rights so they ended up making up their own party -
Sweatt vs Painter
Sweatt wanted to go to a certain school and was told he couldn't. later another school was built but was shown to be of less quality making the law fall in his favor.
