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May 18th

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  1. 1896
    The Record

    Plessy v. Ferguson decided

    The U.S. Supreme Court rules 7 to 1 in Plessy v. Ferguson that separate-but-equal public accommodations satisfy the 14th Amendment. Justice John Marshall Harlan writes alone in dissent, declaring that the Constitution is color-blind. The decision stands for fifty-eight years.

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