How did the Supreme Court case's ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson affect the lives of African Americans?

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It allowed African American Men the right to vote

It set the precedent of "Separate but Equal" and allowed Jim Crow laws to continue in the U.S.

It made it illegal to restrict African Americans from attending Law School

It upheld the rights of African Americans in the U.S.

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It set the precedent of "Separate but Equal" and allowed Jim Crow laws to continue in the U.S.

The ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine, which legitimized the Jim Crow laws that enforced racial discrimination and segregation, severely affecting the lives and status of African Americans in the United States.