18 mai 1896 - PLESSY VS. FERGUSON

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The Court held that the state law of having segregated train cars was constitutional. In an opinion authored by Justice Henry Billings Brown, the majority upheld state-imposed racial segregation. Justice Brown conceded that the 14th Amendment intended to establish absolute equality for the races before the law, but held that separate treatment did not imply the inferiority of African Americans. Separate but equal decision.

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