58:44 How did the ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson affect the legalities of segregation? It set "separate but equal" as a legal precedent. It implemented desegregation legislation. It determined that separation based on race can never be equal. It discouraged people from continued protests.

The correct answer is A) It set "separate but equal" as a legal precedent.

The ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson affected the legalities of segregation in that "It set "separate but equal" as a legal precedent.

In a time when racial segregation was a major issue in the United States, the decision of the US Supreme Court in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson (May 18, 1896) established the legal precedent of "separate but equal." One of the consequences of this controversial decision was that Jin Crow laws continue to hurt African Americans in the southern states. The Supreme Court stated the protection referred to the 14th Amendment was to rights such as voting rights, not for sitting on a special couch of a train.

the mongolian invasion of china and central asia resulted in a disruption of the silk road as the chinese garrisons lost support from the chinese kingdoms which fell under the mongols. however, as the mongols established a formal dynasty in china, the successors of genghis khan restored the garrisons along the silk road allowing the safe travel caravans again.

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts