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Quotes from Plessy v. Ferguson — John Marshall Harlan

1833–1911

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Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law.

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

The arbitrary separation of citizens on the basis of race while they are on a public highway is a badge of servitude wholly inconsistent with the civil freedom and the equality before the law established by the Constitution. It cannot be justified upon any legal grounds.

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

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