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What important legal standard was established by the Plessy v. Ferguson decision?

Segregation can occur with “separate but equal” facilities.

Segregation is illegal.

All citizens have equal protection under the law.

Equality is a standard that is determined by each state.
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Plessy v. Ferguson was important because it essentially established the constitutionality of racial segregation. As a controlling legal precedent, it prevented constitutional challenges to racial segregation for more than half a century until it was finally overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in Brownv. THANKS.

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