Instructional Video2:30
Makematic

Plessy v. Ferguson

K - 8th
In 1892, Homer Plessy's arrest for sitting in a train car reserved for White passengers led to a Supreme Court decision that endorsed racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine.
Instructional Video6:05
Wonderscape

The Struggle for Equality During Reconstruction

K - 5th
Explore the contrasting philosophies of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois during the Reconstruction Era and their approaches to challenging Jim Crow laws. Learn about the landmark Plessy v. Ferguson case and how the NAACP emerged...
Instructional Video5:55
Mr. Beat

"Separate But Equal" | Plessy v. Ferguson

6th - 12th
In episode 50 of Supreme Court Briefs, a man with lighter skin is arrested after refusing to leave the whites-only railway car of a segregated train in the Jim Crow South.
Instructional Video6:49
Mr. Beat

Ending School Segregation | Brown v. Board of Education

6th - 12th
In episode 8 of Supreme Court Briefs, the Court unanimously has major issues with Plessy v. Ferguson, and ends up dramatically changing the future of the Civil Rights Movement by ruling segregation "inherently unequal.”
Instructional Video2:31
Curated Video

Plessy v. Ferguson: Separate but Equal

9th - Higher Ed
Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that established the legal doctrine of “separate but equal”. It was a ruling that enabled many states to enact racial segregation laws for decades to come.
News Clip0:28
Curated Video

Homer Plessy, Key To "Separate But Equal," On Road To Pardon

Higher Ed
The Louisiana Board of Pardons voted unanimously to pardon the namesake of the U.S. Supreme Court's 1896 "separate but equal" ruling.
Instructional Video4:08
Bill of Rights Institute

Brown vs. Board of Education

9th - 12th Standards
How did education play into the civil rights movement? The second lesson of a 10-part series explains the Brown vs. Board of Education court case. It helps viewers examine and analyze, via rationale from the video clip, how segregation...
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Plessy v. Ferguson

9th - 10th
The Supreme Court decision in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) permitted racial segregation so long as facilities were separate but equal. This type of segregation endured for nearly sixty years.
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Episode 1702: We the People Lesson 26 Part 2:plessy v Ferguson

9th - 10th
On today's podcast, we learn about the case of Plessy v. Ferguson.
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1865 1898: Origins of Jim Crow Part 4

9th - 10th
Reconstruction ended in the South and federal troops left once the Compromise Act was passed in 1877. This freed up the South to pass Jim Crow laws to enforce segregation. Then the Plessy v. Ferguson case (1896) in the Supreme Court...