jan 30, 1896 - (1896) Plessy v. Ferguson

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-Supreme court ignored the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
-Plessy argued that the Jim Crow Laws were a badge of inferiority in black citizens.
-Court declared that laws requiring the separation of races do not necessarily imply the inferiority of either race
-Separate but equal doctrine was extended to many public theaters, restrooms, and schools

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