How did the majority of Supreme Court justices in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson interpret the 14th Amendment?

A.
All citizens are equal under the law and therefore segregation is illegal.

B.
Racial segregation is constitutional if the facilities are the same for everyone.

C.
Blacks are not citizens and therefore have no legal protection.

D.
Separate but equal facilities only apply to white citizens, not blacks.

Question

How did the majority of Supreme Court justices in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson interpret the 14th Amendment?
  
 
 

 
 

  

  A. 
  All citizens are equal under the law and therefore segregation is illegal.   
   

 
 

  

  B. 
  Racial segregation is constitutional if the facilities are the same for everyone.   
   

 
 

  

  C. 
  Blacks are not citizens and therefore have no legal protection.   
   

 
 

  

  D. 
  Separate but equal facilities only apply to white citizens, not blacks.

girlgoyleh. · Answer

It was B, for the peeps who need it