jan 3, 1896 - Plessy vs Ferguson (1896)
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Plessy was 1/8 black. He got arrested for using the whites only rail car. The U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson ruled that separate but equal facilities were constitutional. The ruling provided legal justification for Jim Crow laws.
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