The legal doctrine at issue in the Plessy v. Ferguson case is the
A) separate but equal doctrine.
B) privileges and immunities clause.
C) hold and save harmless doctrine.
D) supremacy clause.
E) doctrine of eminent domain.

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The Plessy v. Ferguson case was a Supreme Court decision in 1896 that upheld the "separate but equal" doctrine, which meant that racial segregation was legal as long as the separate facilities provided for Blacks were deemed equal to those provided for Whites. This doctrine was later overturned by the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.

The Legal Doctrine at Issue in the Plessy V