Last week, the Supreme Court's conservative majority resurrected "separate but equal" in public accommodations.
In 1896, the Supreme Court issued one of the most shameful decisions in US history, Plessy vs. Ferguson. The landmark decision upheld 'separate but equal' public accommodations, barring recently freed black people from 'white' accommodations including lodging, businesses, and schools. For decades, the ruling stood as the legal justification for the hateful scourge of Jim Crow.
