Answer: This Supreme Court decision stated that racial segregation was legal as long as facilities were separate but equal. This decision encouraged more segregation laws which greatly hampered any process the Civil Rights Movement had made.
Explanation: The ruling in this Supreme Court case upheld a Louisiana state law that allowed for "equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races." During the era of Reconstruction, Black Americans' political rights were affirmed by three constitutional amendments and numerous laws passed by Congress.