What was the decision of the Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) ?

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What was the decision of the Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) ?

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Beatrice Mueller · Answer 1

It upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality - a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal".

Conor Levine · Answer 2

Answer:D in testprep

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The decision of the supreme Court and plessy v. Ferguson (1896) was that Rachel segregation did not violate the equal protection cause of the 14th amendment. The according to the separate but equal doctrine, services, facilities, and public accommodations were allowed to be separated by race, on the condition that the quality of each group's public facilities was to remain equal. So the answer in testprep was D - racial segregation did not violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment.