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Description: Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision in the jurisprudence of the United States, upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation even in public accommodations (particularly railroads), under the
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In Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that a Louisiana law mandating separate but equal accommodations MORE?
In Plessy vs. Ferguson the Supreme Court ruled that segregation was allowed as long as facilities were "separate but equal".
The supreme court case that set the precedent for the "separate but equal" doctrine which lasted until 1954 when it was overturned
Homer Plessy in 1892 challenged the law that separated the races on public streetcars in Louisiana. Thanks for asking ChaCha.
