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On this date in history: In 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the Plessy vs. Ferguson decision that determined "separate but equal" racial policies are constitutional. While the ruling was ...

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Homer Plessy, who was only one-eighth Black, was arrested after sitting in a “white compartment” of a train, according to the National archives.

Homer Plessy challenged Jim Crow laws that prohibited Blacks from the use of public facilities, from riding the same buses, and attending the same schools as whites. Plessy refused to give up his seat ...

The Fourteenth Amendment case, Plessy vs. Ferguson, was argued before the US Supreme Court in 1896. Perspectives interpreted the law. In an 8-1 vote, the Justices upheld Jim Crow. The majority agreed ...

In 1896, the Supreme Court issued one of the most shameful decisions in US history, Plessy vs. Ferguson.

June 7 th is the anniversary of the arrest of activist Homer Plessy for violating the Louisiana Separate Car Act. The year was 1892. The arrest led to the Supreme Court case Plessy v Ferguson which ...

At 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, Luther College will host Phoebe Ferguson and Keith Plessy, descendants of the 1896 Plessy vs. Ferguson landmark decision, for a conversation with President Jenifer K.