What was significant about the 1896 supreme court rulling in plessy v. ferguson

It upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality – a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal".

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payments were made after the 1940s.

in the 1980s, a commission held investigations and made recommendations.