Gene Brian Johnson of member station WNYC reports that today is the 100th anniversary of Plessey vs. Ferguson, the 1896 Supreme Court decision legalizing racial segregation. The High Court overturned Plessey in 1954 in the famous Brown vs. Board of Education case. But forty plus years after Brown, some African-Americans are rethinking the whole idea and rationale behind integration.
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