In plessy v. ferguson (1896) the court declared that states could continue to enforce racial segregation as long as the facilities provided for each race were equal. this meant:

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Ben Bird

6 December, 05:18

In plessy v. ferguson (1896) the court declared that states could continue to enforce racial segregation as long as the facilities provided for each race were equal. this meant:

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This means that public services such as bathrooms or water fountains could still be whites only or blacks only but they had to be equal in quality. (i. e the bathroom for whites only could not be very clean and fancy while the blacks only bathroom was dirty).