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may 18, 1896 - Plessy v. Ferguson

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The state law is constitutional, because separate facilities for blacks and whites satisfies the 14th Amendment as long as they're equal. Segregation is not unlawful discrimination.

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may 18, 1896
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~ 129 years ago