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This Week In Black History - May 18-24, 2022 | New Pittsburgh Courier

MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE May 18 1896—The United States Supreme Court issues its infamous ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson. The decision declared the doctrine of “separate but equal” was constitutional. By doing so it, in effect, approved all Jim Crow or segregationist laws designed to degrade Blacks or keep them separate from Whites. The ruling would … Continued

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