Susan Crawford: “Brown vs. Board of Education overturned a case called Plessy…”

“So I can give a good example of court overturning a precedent where I think it was absolutely the right thing to do. And that is when the U.S. supreme Court in Brown vs. Board of Education overturned a case called Plessy vs. Ferguson. Plessy vs. Ferguson was a case in the late 1800s, late 19th century that rejected case that involved a separation by race of public services.” (29:56–30:03)

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