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It was prohibited because all citizens must receive equal treatment under the laws.
B.
It was legal because it did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment.
C.
It could exist because the federal court refused to rule on segregation.
D.
It must end because African Americans should be given U.S. citizenship.
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The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896 decided:
B. It was legal because it did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment.
The Court upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality. This decision established the "separate but equal" doctrine, which allowed state-sponsored segregation to continue.
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