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#OTD May 18, 1896, the Supreme Court ruled in Plessy v. Ferguson, establishing the constitutionality of separate-but-equal public facilities.

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Justice Clarence Thomas delivered the Society’s Annual Lecture in 1997 on Plessy v. Ferguson case.

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Justice John Marshall Harlan (I) was the lone dissenter in the Plessy decision.

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Learn more about Justice Harlan in Linda Przybyszewski’s terrific book:

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