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Who Gets to Say Who’s Who? Plessy’s Insidious Legacy

Thomas J. Davis
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences February 2021, 7 (1) 32-49; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2021.7.1.03
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    • ARRIVING AT THE TOUCHSTONE FOR JIM CROW
    • SEPARATE CARS WERE NOT UNUSUAL
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    • PLESSY’S ARGUMENTS FOR IDENTITY
    • PLESSY CHALLENGED THE BINARY
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