2 gen 1896 anni - Plessy v. Ferguson

Descrizione:

- Homer Plessy refused to leave a railroad car restricted to whites only
- Created the "separate but equal" doctrine used to uphold the segregation of races
- The majority stated that the 14th Amendment protected only political equality and not social equality
- Justice Harlan's dissent argueed that "all citizens are equal before the law"
- Supported Jim Crow Laws: laws that separated white and black Americans in public facilities and restricted the legal rights of black Americans