Confusion about the legality of segregation continued until it was challenged by Homer Plessy. In 1892 ... after years of trials appeals, the Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal ...

They chose Homer Plessy to defy the segregationists ... and the case eventually moved to the U.S. Supreme Court, with Plessy's side arguing that the Separate Car Act violated the 13th and 14th ...

Homer Plessy, who boarded a “whites-only” train car in 1892 as a civil rights demonstration and whose case led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s “separate but equal” ruling, has been recommended for ...

When Homer Plessy boarded a ‘Whites Only ... The case went all the way to the United States Supreme Court. Plessy’s lawyers had a strong argument – that all citizens were equal under ...

Fed up with the discrimination, Giles took Alabama all the way to the Supreme ... But, high court ruled against him. Experts say the decision was more damaging than even Plessy v.