Discover how Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) entrenched 'separate but equal,' shaping racial segregation laws until Brown v. Board of Education (1954) overturned this precedent, redefining civil rights and influencing future landmark cases like Grutter v. Bollinger (2003).
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The Court held in 1857 that descendants of enslaved people were not citizens and that Congress could not ban slavery in a territory. Two amendments answered it.
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