(Solved): In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that African Americans are not persons fo ...

In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that African Americans are not persons for the purposes of the Constitution. that the practice of slavery must cease before the end of the century. tried to stop the development of legal racial segregation known as Jim Crow laws. agreed that separation of races is not a violation of the Constitution.