The decision in _______ overturned Plessy v.Ferguson.

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Brown v. Board of Education overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine established in Plessy v. Ferguson, which had allowed for racial segregation in public facilities. Sweatt v. Painter and Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada dealt with desegregation of higher education, Korematsu v. United States dealt with Japanese American internment during World War II, and Smith v. Allwright dealt with the exclusion of African Americans from primary elections.

The Decision in _______ Overturned Plessy V.Ferguson