Question

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homer plessy lived in louisiana under jim crow laws. he had a great - grandmother who was african american and this made plessy, by state law black. in 1892, plessy bought a ticket and took a seat in the white streetcar compartment. he believed that since he was seven - eighths white he deserved to sit there, he was arrested. the case was eventually heard in the supreme court which ruled that segregation was legal as long as the facilities were equal, this became known as the:

• separate but equal doctrine
• plessy v. ferguson doctrine
• the louisiana doctrine
• separate but unequal doctrine

Explanation:

The Supreme Court's ruling in the Plessy v. Ferguson case established that racial segregation was legal if the separate facilities provided to different racial groups were of equal quality. This principle became known as the "Separate but Equal" doctrine. The case name is Plessy v. Ferguson, but the specific legal doctrine from the ruling is the Separate but Equal doctrine.

Answer:

Separate but Equal doctrine