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Plessy v.
Ferguson Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), was a
landmark U.S.
Supreme Court decision...
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Homer Adolph Plessy (born Homère
Patris Plessy; 1858, 1862 or
March 17, 1863 –
March 1, 1925) was an
American shoemaker and activist, who was the plaintiff...
- The
Battle of Pl****ey was a
decisive victory of the
British East
India Company,
under the
leadership of
Robert Clive, over the
Nawab of
Bengal and his...
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American lawyer and
judge from Louisiana, most
famous as the
defendant in the
Plessy v.
Ferguson case.
Ferguson was born the
third and last
child to Baptist...
- in quality. The
decision partially overruled the Court's 1896
decision Plessy v. Ferguson,
which had held that
racial segregation laws did not violate...
- used the
phrase "equal but separate". The
doctrine was
confirmed in the
Plessy v.
Ferguson Supreme Court decision of 1896,
which allowed state-sponsored...
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beginning in the 1870s. Jim Crow laws were
upheld in 1896 in the case of
Plessy v. Ferguson, in
which the
Supreme Court laid out its "separate but equal"...
- Arnould-
Plessy (born Jeanne-Sylvanie-Sophie
Plessy; 4
September 1819 – 30 May 1897) was a
French stage actress. Jeanne-Sylvanie-Sophie
Plessy was born...
- court,
Brown is
harshly criticized for
writing the
majority opinion in
Plessy v. Ferguson, an
opinion widely regarded as one of the most ill-considered...
- Americans, whites, and Creoles. It is most well
known for its
involvement in
Plessy v. Ferguson. The Citizens'
Committee was
opposed to
racial segregation and...
