This paper discusses the use of the U.S. Supreme Court by Blacks, Chinese and others to end
discrimination, segregation and
disenfranchisement by initiating and challenging regional legal decisions. The paper describes important U.S. Supreme court cases of this period: Roberts vs. the City of Boston ("separate but equal"
doctrine), Ho Ah Kow vs. Nunan (discrimination against Chinese),
Plessy vs. Ferguson (state's rights to enact its own laws) and Buchanan vs.
Warley ( states cannot officially segregate African Americans into residential districts).