Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) was a landmark Supreme Court case that upheld racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine. Homer Plessy, a mixed-race man, was arrested for sitting in a whites-only railcar. The ruling legitimized state laws enforcing racial segregation, influencing civil rights in America for decades.
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