How did the U.S. Supreme Court rule in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?

In Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court upheld racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine. The Court reasoned that separating people by race did not necessarily make them unequal, so choice B is correct. The ruling did not declare segregation unconstitutional; that came later in cases such as Brown v. Board of Education.

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