The court case Plessy v. Ferguson challenged the legality of

In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), Homer Plessy challenged a Louisiana law requiring separate railroad cars for Black and white passengers. The Supreme Court upheld racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine, so the case challenged the legality of racially segregated facilities. It was not specifically a case about housing or schools.

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