Plessy v Ferguson
/ˌplesi vɜːsəs ˈfɜːɡəsən/, /ˌplesi viː ˈfɜːɡəsən/
/ˌplesi vɜːrsəs ˈfɜːrɡəsən/, /ˌplesi viː ˈfɜːrɡəsən/
- a court case in 1896 which was decided by the US Supreme Court. It stated that segregation on trains was legal if black and white people received equal services. Southern states soon also used this idea of separate but equal in schools, public buildings, etc. The ruling (= decision) was replaced in 1954 by the Supreme Court's decision in the case of Brown v Board of Education of Topeka, which stated that segregation in schools was illegal.
普莱西诉弗格森（Plessy v Ferguson）：1896年的一个法院案件，由美国最高法院裁定。它指出，如果黑人和白人获得同等服务，火车上的种族隔离是合法的。南部各州不久也采用了在学校，公共建筑等中分开但平等的想法。1954年，最高法院在布朗诉托皮卡教育委员会一案中的裁决取代了该裁决（裁决）。在学校是非法的。