Separate But Equal Separate But Equal has to do with the separation of blacks and whites. The blacks thought that separating them from the white people was violating the rights of citizens under the constitution. The white people thought that the black people should be separate from them just because their skin was a different color than theirs. There was a court case that deals with the separation of blacks and whites. It was called …showed first 75 words of 404 total…

…showed last 75 words of 404 total…ones. The fourteenth amendment prevents states from setting up their own definitions of citizenship in order to keep blacks segregated. It also says that states may not pass laws to discriminate unreasonably against any group of people. The NAACP was lead by Thurgood Marshall. This was a group that fought for equal protection for blacks. Thurgood Marshall was later appointed to the supreme court after he fought the Brown vs. Board of Education court case.