oct 17, 1896 - Plessy vs Ferguson
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Supreme Court said that "seperate but equal" facilities were constitutional.."legalized" segregation
1896
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896) was a landmark constitutional law case of the US Supreme Court decided in 1896. It upheld state racial segregation laws for public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal".
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