Separate But Equal

                                     ("Segregated School West Memphis Arkansas")

Back in the early 1950's black children in the United States were denied the opportunities to attend the same school as white children.  this practise was based on a decision made years before in the Supreme Court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.  The issue being "Can the states constitutionally enact legislation requiring persons of different races use "separate but equal" segregated facilities.  the answer was YES! They could.