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The U.S. Supreme Court case plessy v.Ferguson determined fbT segregation was acceptable under the condition

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In Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that facilities that were "separate but equal" were permissible under the US Constitution.

This allowed the Jim Crow laws to develop wherein African Americans went to different schools, ate at different restaurants or in different sections, and were generally segregated from the population

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