jan 1, 1892 - 1892: Plessy v. Ferguson
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Chapter 19: Homer Plessy refuses to move from a white train car and is convicted of disobeying the segregation statutes. The case rises to the Supreme Court, which rules against Plessy because the ¨separate but equal doctrine”- segregation laws are recognized as okay in a state legislature
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