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Svetllana [295]
3 years ago
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What wa the importance of the Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) decision by the Supreme Court

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JulsSmile [24]3 years ago
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It was a milestone in the history of racial segregation. In 1896 the US Supreme Court took a decision that support the constitutionality of racial segregation in the time of  ¨separate but equal¨ doctrine. The case originated when an African-American train traveller refused to sit in a car for blacks. The Supreme court refused Plessy's argument stating  that a law that indicates a legal distinction between whites and blacks was not unconstitutional.    

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