In 1892, in a planned act of civil disobedience, Plessy boarded a train in New Orleans and sat ... After the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision, segregation became even more ensconced through ...

They chose Homer Plessy to defy the segregationists in an ... That would not change until 1954, when the Court decided in Brown v. Board of Education that "separate but equal" denied the ...

Eventually, the White youths ditched the train, and nine Black teens were ... it was used to overturn Plessy v. Ferguson because of one word: equal. Oliver Brown’s daughter had to be bused ...

Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Given this train of thought, I am curious as to what his reaction is for the overturning of Plessy v. Ferguson? If he is to remain consistent with his ...

The ruling in Plessy v Ferguson was the start of the ‘separate-but-equal’ principle. This led to more segregation on transportation, in entertainment venues, in factories and at other places ...

In the court case known as Plessy v Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court ruled that segregation of people based on race was legal, providing facilities were 'separate but equal'. These segregation ...