Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that established the legal doctrine of “separate but equal”. It was a ruling that enabled many states to enact racial segregation laws for ...

They chose Homer Plessy to defy the segregationists in an act of civil disobedience. On June 7, 1892, Plessy boarded the "white" car of the East Louisiana Railroad. Born on March 17, 1863 ...

After the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision, segregation became even more ensconced through a battery of Southern laws and social customs known as “Jim Crow.” Schools, theaters, restaurants ...