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The doctrine of "separate but equal," established by the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, justified racial segregation in public facilities, asserting that separate facilities for black and white individuals were constitutional as long as they were equal. However, in practice, this led to systemic discrimination, with facilities for African Americans often being vastly inferior. The inherent inequality and injustice of this doctrine fueled the Civil Rights Movement, ultimately leading to the landmark Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, which declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional.

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