What are the background and circumstance of plessy vs ferguson

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Plessy v. Ferguson was a Supreme Court case in 1897. It ruled the "separate but equal" doctrine to be constitutional and legal. This allowed public facilities and services (restrooms, public transportation, etc.) to be racially segregated as long as the facilities remained "separate but equal." However, African Americans never truly received equal treatment.
Later, Brown v. Board of Education challenged the "separate but equal" doctrine. It fortunately ruled the doctrine to be unconstitutional, and public schools slowly became integrated. This posed as the beginning of the end of racial segregation in America.

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