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There once was a man named Homer Plessy. He was a member of the Citizens' Committee that challenged the Louisiana law requiring blacks to ride in a separate car on trains.
He boarded the train in Louisiana in 1892 with his first class ticket in the "Whites Only" section. This was an issue considering Plessy ancestors were both white and black, and he was an eighth black.

He informed the conductor that he was black and also stated that he would not give up his seat. Because of his refusal to get up, he was arrested.


Plessy did not take that. He took this case all the way to the Supreme Court !
In 1890, the state adopted a law that provides equal but separate accommodations for white and colored races on railroads.
Soon he was brought before a judge named John H. Ferguson because of his refusal to sit in a Jim Crow car of the train.
That law was challenged by Plessy saying that the Separate Car Act was in violation of his constitutional rights under the thirteenth and fourteenth amendment. The state claimed it was "separate but equal". Plessy objected and stated that it is unequal in addition to being unconstitutional.

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This is dedicated to all who stands for what is right and not falling for anything. Be the one to make a difference.

There once was a man named Homer Plessy. He was a member of the Citizens' Committee that challenged the Louisiana law requiring blacks to ride in a separate car on trains.
He boarded the train in Louisiana in 1892 with his first class ticket in the "Whites Only" section. This was an issue considering Plessy ancestors were both white and black, and he was an eighth black.
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