During a train trip in Louisiana in the 1890s, Homer Plessy wanted to sit in a "whites only" railroad car, but because of his ancestry (he had a black great-grandparent), he was not allowed, by law, to sit in this car. He took his claim to court; the U.S. Supreme Court eventually ruled that
A. he should have been allowed to sit anywhere he wanted.
B. the statute that segregated railroad cars by race did not fail to give Plessy equal protection under the law.
C. the statute that segregated railroad cars by race failed to give Plessy equal protection under the law.
D. None of these are correct (this case never went to the Supreme Court).
Answer: B
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