may 18, 1896 - Plessy v. Ferguson
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In a historic decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of upholding racial segregation as long as "separate but equal" conditions were provided.Homer Plessy sat in the white train car and refused moving to the train car for Black people when told to do so. On trial, he argued that the law for segregated train cars was unconstitutional, while the government opposed. When Judge Ferguson sided with the government, Plessy fought his arrest and conviction in front of the Louisiana Supreme Court and U.S. Supreme Court. He lost in all trials and the Supreme Court ruled that the 14th Amendment was not violated by segregation.
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Date:
may 18, 1896
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~ 129 years ago