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How did the decision in the plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court case influence the treatment of African Americans during the New South?

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In Plessy V. Ferguson, the Supreme Court upheld segregation laws on the grounds that "separate but equal" was justified and permissible.

This set up a system of segregation in the New South wherein segregated facilities were common and a system of segregation was rigorously enforced.

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