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'''John Marshall Harlan''' (the first) (June 1, 1833 – October 14, 1911<ref name="Oyez">[https://www.oyez.org/justices/john_m_harlan "John M. Harlan"]. ''Oyez''. Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Tech, n.d. Aug 27, 2016.</ref>) was an Associate Justice of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] from 1877–1911. Born into a privileged slaveowning family in [[Kentucky]], Harlan himself briefly owned slaves but later became famous for dissenting from the "separate but equal" racial doctrine once established in [[Plessy v. Ferguson]] (1896). Sixty years later, the full Supreme Court finally agreed with his dissent.  He earned the title of the "great dissenter" during his time on the Supreme Court.<ref name="Oyez"/>

'''John Marshall Harlan''' (the first) (June 1, 1833 – October 14, 1911<ref name="Oyez">[https://www.oyez.org/justices/john_m_harlan "John M. Harlan"]. ''Oyez''. Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Tech, n.d. Aug 27, 2016.</ref>) was an Associate Justice of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] from 1877–1911. Born into a privileged slaveowning family in [[Kentucky]], Harlan himself briefly owned slaves but later became famous for dissenting from the "separate but equal" racial doctrine once established in [[Plessy v. Ferguson]] (1896). Sixty years later, the full Supreme Court finally agreed with his dissent.  During his time on the Supreme Court he earned the title of the "great dissenter."<ref name="Oyez"/>

A fundamentalist [[Christian]], Harlan was outraged by the conduct of racist groups including the [[Ku Klux Klan]].<ref>https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/plessy-v-ferguson</ref>  Harlan wrote in dissent from ''Plessy v. Ferguson'' that:<ref>Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537, 562, 16 S. Ct. 1138, 1147 (1896)</ref>

A fundamentalist [[Christian]], Harlan was reportedly outraged by the conduct of racist groups including the [[Ku Klux Klan]] in the late 1800s.<ref>https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/plessy-v-ferguson</ref>  Harlan wrote in dissent from ''Plessy v. Ferguson'' that:<ref>Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537, 562, 16 S. Ct. 1138, 1147 (1896)</ref>

{{cquote|The arbitrary separation of citizens, on the basis of race, while they are on a public highway, is a badge of servitude wholly inconsistent with the civil freedom and the equality before the law established by the Constitution. It cannot be justified upon any legal grounds.}}

{{cquote|The arbitrary separation of citizens, on the basis of race, while they are on a public highway, is a badge of servitude wholly inconsistent with the civil freedom and the equality before the law established by the Constitution. It cannot be justified upon any legal grounds.}}

==Biography==

==Biography==