Plessy V. Ferguson to Brown V. Board of Education (jan 1, 1896 – jan 1, 1954)
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In 1896 the U.S. Supreme Court issued its now infamous decision in Plessy v. Ferguson that "separate but equal" public facilities, including school systems, are constitutional. This ruling was unanimously overturned in 1954 with the the Brown V. Board of Education case.
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