plessy v. ferguson

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a decision by the US Supreme Court in 1896 that the segregation (=separation) of black people from white people was legal, as long as black people were given services, such as schools or restaurants, that were described as "separate but equal" services. The decision specifically concerned segregation on trains, but led in some states to separate schools, hotels, restaurants, and seats in theatres, buses etc. The decision made in this court case was changed in 1954 by the Supreme Court's decision in the case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. (1896) U.S. Supreme Court decision that established the legality of racial segregation so long as facilities were "separate but equal. " The case involved a challenge to Louisiana laws requiring separate railcars for African Americans and whites. Though the laws were upheld by a majority of 8 to 1, a famous dissent by John Marshall Harlan advanced the idea that the U.S. Constitution is "color-blind." The Plessy decision was overturned in 1954 by Brown v. Board of Education

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Plessy v Ferguson
U.S. Supreme Court ruling made in 1896 that upheld the segregation between Whites and Blacks in public places
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