Plessy v Ferguson is a very important case it took a lot of time. Louisiana passed a statue the Separate Car Act in 1890. When you were on a train their was a certain compartment of the train where white people and non-white people it was a $25 fine or 20 days in jail. Homer Plessy had a first class ticket and sit in a white designated seat and he is 1/8 Black. Homer Plessy was arrested for sitting in that seat. He went to court for them violating the thirteenth and fourteenth amendment.
Plessy v Ferguson is a very important case it took a lot of time. Louisiana passed a statue the Separate Car Act in 1890. When you were on a train their was a certain compartment of the train where white people and non-white people it was a $25 fine or 20 days in jail. Homer Plessy had a first class ticket and sit in a white designated seat and he is 1/8 Black. Homer Plessy was arrested for sitting in that seat. He went to court for them violating the thirteenth and fourteenth amendment.