Plessy v. Ferguson

Plessy v. Ferguson is a landmark legal case in the United States, decided in 1896, that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal." The case arose in Louisiana when Homer Plessy, an African American man, challenged the state's segregation laws by refusing to sit in a black-only car on a train. This decision provided a legal foundation for racial segregation across the country until it was eventually overturned by Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.

Generated from this place's information