11 Most Famous Court Cases in America

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6. Plessy v. Ferguson – 1896 (6/10 points).

TV Episode: American Experience, Season 5, Episode 10: Simple Justice, 1993.

A man seven-eighths Caucasian refused to move into a black train car after he had taken his seat in a white car, and was arrested in Louisiana. The popular phrase “separate but equal” was put in place after this trial.

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