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in plessy v. ferguson, homer plessy claimed that \separate but equal\ violated his rights under the
first amendment.
thirteenth amendment.
fourteenth amendment.
fifteenth amendment.
In the Plessy v. Ferguson case, Homer Plessy argued that the "separate but equal" doctrine violated the Fourteenth Amendment, which addresses equal protection under the law. The First Amendment deals with freedoms like speech and religion, the Thirteenth with abolition of slavery, and the Fifteenth with voting rights for African American men. So the relevant amendment here is the Fourteenth.
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C. Fourteenth Amendment.