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What does the Supreme Court rule in Plessy v. Ferguson about state legislature passing laws segregating the races?

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Answer: Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 1896, was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality, a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal".

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