apr 13, 1896 - Plessy v. Ferguson
Description:
was a landmark 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine. The case stemmed from an 1892 incident in which African-American train passenger Homer Plessy refused to sit in a car for blacks.Added to timeline:
Date:
apr 13, 1896
Now
~ 130 years ago