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Plessy v.Ferguson
In 1892, an action by Homer Plessy led to the case of Plessy v. Ferguson when he was arrested for refusing to sit in a car for Black people on the train. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation was legal as long as the facilities were "equal." The decision involved Louisiana and impacted African Americans, who had to follow the segregation law. This allowed racial discrimination with Jim Crow laws that permitted segregation and inequity for Black people across the United States. -
Brown v. the Board of Education, Topeka
The Brown v. Board of Education case in 1954 brought a determination that segregation of children in public schools according to their race was unconstitutional, helping to bring legalized racial segregation in U.S. schools to an end by overturning the 'separate but equal' principle in the 1896 case, Plessy v. Ferguson. -
Pyler v. Doe