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Progressive Era: Separate but Equal

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  • Aug 14 2010 1:08 PM

    Kathyleen Bishop

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This Web page, part of the "Jump Back in Time" section of the America's Story Web site, describes how "separate-but-equal" policies were ruled Constitutional by the Supreme Court in the Plessy v. Ferguson case of 1896. Click on the "next" arrow at the bottom of the text to learn more about how these discriminatory policies were eventually made illegal.

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