What Was the Doctrine That Justified Segregation in the Facilities

question 2

Multiple Choice

What was the doctrine that justified segregation in the facilities used by African Americans and whites in the South?

• A) due process
• B) equality of opportunity
• C) equality of outcome
• D) Jim Crow
• E) separate but equal

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