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Landmark Supreme Court Cases and Legal Precedents
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Which landmark Supreme Court case established the principle of "separate but equal" facilities for African Americans and whites?
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Plessy v. Ferguson
💡 Explanation:
The Plessy v. Ferguson case, decided in 1896, upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws as long as the facilities provided for African Americans and whites were "separate but equal." This decision established the legal precedent for the "separate but equal" doctrine, which was later overturned by the Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954.