MSNBC The ReidOut February 9, 2022 00:01:00
Louisiana's separate karst act of 1890. plus, he was new orleans shoemaker and part of a group of activists of color known as the citizens committee who volunteered to challenge louisiana's law, which resulted in his arrest. plessy sued the judge who upheld the law all the way to the u.s. supreme court. and in 1896, in a 7-1 decision, the court ruled that the separate carrs act did not violate the constitution. it's not just what matter what's the court did today, it's how they did it. the justice wrote, quote, laws permitting and even requiring their separation in places where they are liable...
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