Yuval Sharon’s “A New Philosophy of Opera” is a refreshing, reassuring book about an old art form’s bright future.

In choosing to take on this matter, the Supreme Court primarily concerned itself ... the “separate but equal doctrine,” in ...

A whole train of abusive court rulings paved the way to the “separate but equal” ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896. It’s crucial to counter the widely-shared assumption that the Supreme ...

Judge Dianna Gibson was right to void this measure for the November election. There is no need to hurry on this matter.

On May 18, 1896, the Supreme Court issued a ruling that denied Plessy's challenge to the law. "The object of the Fourteenth Amendment was undoubtedly to enforce the absolute equality of the two ...

In 1896, after years of trials appeals, the Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” was fair, and was not a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment requiring equal protection to all.

The honest historical truth, Richard Conville says in his new column, is that “Dissenters sometimes simply lose.” ...

How would the case affect them? Explain to students that separate but equal doctrine was first announced in the U.S. Supreme Court case, Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896). Ask the student who ...

Constitution of Ghana, guarantees a spouse’s entitlement to a reasonable provision of the estate of the other whether or not ...

Ferguson ruling of 1896 but did nothing to address the mechanics ... Thus change, despite the support of the Supreme Court, came slowly and with great difficulty. In September of 1957, Arkansas ...

1883-- Supreme Court invalidates 1875 Civil Rights Act, saying that the federal government cannot bar discrimination by corporations or individuals. 1896-- Supreme Court approves "separate but ...

After 1896, things changed. Only one of 22 Supreme Court nominations was rejected between 1897 and 1932. With the arrival of more intellectual justices like Holmes and Brandeis, the Court ...