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According to the ruling in the Plessy v. Ferguson case, why was segregation

acceptable?

A Segregation was legal because African Americans were not citizens.

B. Segregation was legal as long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal.

C. Segregation was acceptable in private businesses only.

D. Segregation was acceptable on a state by state basis.

B. Segregation was legal as long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal.

The correct answer is B. Segregation was legal as long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal. In the Plessy v. Ferguson case, the Supreme Court ruled in 1896 that segregation based on race was constitutional as long as the separate facilities provided for different races were equal in quality. This principle became known as "separate but equal."