A reading of the 1896 opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States in Plessy v. Ferguson.

In today's listener library episode, we are going all the way back to the Court's 1896 opinion in Plessy v. Ferguson - the decision that ushered-in the Jim Crow Era by establishing the he so-called separate-but-equal doctrine of legal segregation. This doctrine endured until the Court's 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas, which held that racial segregation in public schools violated the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment of the Constitution.

This audio includes the primary text of the opinion, but excludes citations in order to create a better listening experience. You may access the full opinion and other essential case information on Oyez.org at: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1850-1900/163us537

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