Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
A) invalidated state-imposed racial segregation in Texas.
B) validated the election of State Board of Education members.
C) overturned the Brown v. Board of Education U.S. Supreme Court case of 1954.
D) validated state-imposed racial segregation in Texas public schools.

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Plessy v. Ferguson validated state-imposed racial segregation in Texas public schools and upheld the constitutionality of "separate but equal" facilities for different races, which allowed for segregation to continue across the United States until the Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954.

Plessy V. Ferguson (1896)