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What happened in the Plessy vs. Ferguson case?

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Plessy v. Ferguson. Plessy v. Ferguson, case in which the U.S. Supreme Court, on May 18, 1896, by a seven-to-one majority (one justice did not participate), advanced the controversial “separate but equal” doctrine for assessing the constitutionality of racial segregation laws.
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Answer:

Plessy v. Ferguson

(1896)

Explanation:

A Supreme Court decision that ruled in favor of racial segregation in public places on the condition that these facilities were "separate but equal."

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