jun 1, 1896 - 6.4 causation Plessy v. Ferguson.

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In the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson, Plessy, an African American, refused to give up his seat to a white person on a train. The Supreme Court decided that “separate but equal” was okay, meaning that white and Black people could be separated if their places were equal. However, this was not true. African Americans did not have equal rights or protection. Their schools often didn’t have books, and they were treated unfairly because of their race. This decision led to the Jim Crow laws, which forced segregation and racial discrimination for many years.

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