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Our Documents: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

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Learn about this landmark Supreme Court case on the issue of racial discrimination . Provides an image of a document from the case files and a transcript of the opinion delivered in 1896 by Justice Henry Brown "which sustained the constitutionality of Louisiana's Jim Crow law."

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jim crow laws, supreme court cases
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)