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Plessy versus Ferguson
- A case decided by the Supreme Court in the 1890s. The Court held that a state could require racial segregation in public facilities if the facilities offered the two races were equal. The Court's requirement became known as the “ separate but equal ” doctrine. It was overturned by the Court in 1954 in .
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