National Civil Rights Museum - #OnThisDay in 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court established in Plessy v. Ferguson the ""separate but equal"" doctrine. This ruling would legally lengthen racism through Jim Crow laws
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Legal Defense Fund on Twitter: "#OTD in 1896, the Supreme Court ruled in Plessy v. Ferguson that racially segregated public facilities were legal, as long as they were equal. The ruling sanctioned “
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Separate, But Equal: Images from the Segregated South: Anderson, Henry Clay: 9781586482367: Amazon.com: Books
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