concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: separate but equal

diversity in education
type: Concept
narrower: separate but equal

legislation, court decisions, and treaties
type: Concept
narrower: separate but equal

separate but equal
type: Concept
broader: legislation, court decisions, and treaties
broader: diversity in education
definition: The “separate but equal” doctrine was the legal underpinning of the U.S. system of racial segregation. Born in the period when Whites regained control of the South after the Reconstruction era, segregation was the law of the land for many years, operating under a U.S. Supreme Court finding that separate but equal facilities were legal. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society; Separate but Equal]