Answer:
In Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that segregation between black and white Americans did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment (which granted equal rights and treatment for both black and white Americans) as long as the separate facilities were equal in quality.
This decision established the doctrine of "separate but equal", which was used by southern states to justify segregation of public facilities like schools, universities, parks, buses, or trains.
C is correct :)
What did the Supreme Court rule in Plessy v. Ferguson?
African Americans had a constitutional right to suffrage.
African Americans did not have a constitutional right to suffrage.
It established that separate but equal facilities were constitutional.
It established that separate but equal facilities were unconstitutional.
