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may 18, 1896 - Plessy v. Ferguson

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This Supreme Court Case was a result of a disagreement over whether segregated railroad cars, required by a Jim Crow Law, were constitutional. The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 1 that "seperate but equal" facilites for African Americans were constitutional.

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may 18, 1896
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~ 129 years ago

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