In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court ruled that
A. the Fourteenth Amendment was unconstitutional.
B. as second-class citizens, African Americans must endure second-class facilities.
C. segregated facilities were not inherently unconstitutional, as long as they were equal.
D. though Jim Crow laws clearly violated Fourteenth Amendment protections, the federal government had no authority to interfere in the internal matters of states.
E. African Americans were not citizens and so could not claim the same rights as white Americans.
Answer: C
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