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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Separate but equal | Definition, History, Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education, & Facts | Britannica
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