Excerpts from the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson U.S. Supreme Court decision were delivered in an episode of the educational television program Omnibus devoted to the Constitution, broadcast March 4, 1956, over the CBS network. G. Albert Smith as Justice Henry B. Brown reads the majority opinion, and Noel Leslie as Justice John M. Harlan reads the dissenting opinion.

Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. OMNIBUS: © RSA Venture, LLC, Licensed by Broad Reach Enterprises, Inc.

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