Question

What was the decision in the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson and how did it affect African Americans?

Answer 1

African Americans turned to the courts to help protect their constitutional rights. ... In the pivotal case of Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racially separate facilities, if equal, did not violate the Constitution. Segregation, the Court said, was not discrimination.