History GCSE
Separate but equal
What Separate but equal means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Separate but equal
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The doctrine established by Plessy v. Ferguson, which the NAACP's strategy sought to dismantle and which the Brown ruling legally overturned in education.
Topics that use Separate but equal
- Option 33: Key topic 1: The development of the civil rights movement, 1954–60 - 2 Developments in education (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Federal intervention
- Legal challenges
- Media impact
- Segregation
- State resistance
- White resistance
- Youth involvement
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