<P> Separate but equal was a legal doctrine in United States constitutional law according to which racial segregation did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution , adopted in 1868 , which guaranteed `` equal protection '' under the law to all citizens . Under the doctrine , as long as the facilities provided to each race were equal , state and local governments could require that services , facilities , public accommodations , housing , medical care , education , employment , and transportation be segregated by race , which was already the case throughout the former Confederacy . The phrase was derived from a Louisiana law of 1890 , although the law actually used the phrase `` equal but separate '' . </P>
<P> Separate but equal was a legal doctrine in United States constitutional law according to which racial segregation did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution , adopted in 1868 , which guaranteed `` equal protection '' under the law to all citizens . Under the doctrine , as long as the facilities provided to each race were equal , state and local governments could require that services , facilities , public accommodations , housing , medical care , education , employment , and transportation be segregated by race , which was already the case throughout the former Confederacy . The phrase was derived from a Louisiana law of 1890 , although the law actually used the phrase `` equal but separate '' . </P>
the doctrine holding that separate-but-equal facilities do not violate the equal protection clause
the doctrine holding that separate-but-equal facilities do not violate the equal protection clause
Separate but equal
Separate but equal