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What is Plessy v Ferguson?

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Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” Plessy is widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

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To Make Our World Anew: Volume II: A History of African Americans Since 1880
by Robin D. G. Kelley
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/plessy-v-ferguson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plessy_v._Ferguson
https://www.britannica.com/event/Plessy-v-Ferguson-1896
https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_plessy.html

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