"If one race be inferior to the other socially, the Constitution of the United States cannot put them upon the same plane." The source of this quote was

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This quote is from the Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), which upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality, a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal."

"If One Race Be Inferior to the Other Socially, the Constitution