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Separate But Equal

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Separate but equal, means the doctrine set forth by the U.S. Supreme Court that sanctioned the segregation of individuals by race in separate but equal facilities but that was invalidated as unconstitutional, Brown v. Board of Topeka and Plessy v. Ferguson.

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