may 18, 1896 - Plessy vs Ferguson
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The Supreme Court verdict is famously known for its 'separate-but-equal' statement.It declared segregated facilities constitutional arguing that protection under the 14th Amendment only applied to political rights like voting rights and denied that separate facilities like segregated railroad cars for people of color were necessarily inferior.
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may 18, 1896
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~ 129 years ago