may 18, 1896 - Plessy v. Ferguson
Description:
Plessy v. Ferguson was a Supreme Court case the advanced the controversial "separate but equal" doctrine for assessing the constitutionality of racial segregation laws. It began when Plessy, and African American train passenger that considered himself only 1/8 black refused to sit in a Jim Crow car.Added to timeline:
Date:
may 18, 1896
Now
~ 129 years ago