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Essentials. Documents and law. Episode 174, Plessy v. Ferguson / [produced by Makematic].
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Plessy, Homer Adolph.
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- African Americans.
- Race discrimination--Law and legislation--United States--History.
- Race discrimination.
- Segregation--Law and legislation--United States--History.
- Segregation.
- Segregation in transportation--Law and legislation--United States--History.
- Segregation in transportation.
- United States--Race relations.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Educational films.
- Short films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (3 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Documents & law
- Plessy v. Ferguson
- Place of Publication:
- Belfast, Northern Ireland : Makematic, 2024.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- In 1892, Homer Plessy's arrest for sitting in a train car reserved for White passengers led to a Supreme Court decision that endorsed racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 10, 2025).
- OCLC:
- 1519086254
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