The Supreme Court ruling on the civil rights cases of 1883...
A: led to the passage of legal protections for African Americans.
B: led to unfair contracts between tenant farmers and landowners.
C: opened the door for legal segregation and discrimination in the US.
D: gave African Americans a legal basis for suing private businesses.
In 1884, the Supreme Court of the United States found that the Civil Rights Act of 1875 forbidding segregation in hotels, the railways and other public areas was unconstitutional.
