The anniversary was yesterday. Thanks to Ed Mechmann, Director of Public Policy for the Archdiocese of NY, for sending this around. Justice – eventually – wins out.
One hundred twenty-two years ago today the Supreme Court blew a gigantic hole through the Fourteenth Amendment by upholding “separate but equal” segregation, laying the legal foundation for Jim Crow: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plessy_v._Ferguson It took sixty years to correct this injustice. The clock is still ticking on Roe v. Wade, but we never give up hope and hard work.
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