What legal standard was established by the Plessy v. Ferguson decision?

In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court upheld racial segregation under the doctrine of “separate but equal.” This meant that segregated facilities were considered legal if they were supposedly equal, making D the correct choice. The decision did not declare segregation illegal; it was later overturned by Brown v. Board of Education.

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