Plessy was found guilty in November of violating the act, and the Citizens Committee appealed. The Supreme Court of Louisiana upheld the decision, and the case eventually moved to the U.S. Supreme ...

Plessy, a man who was one-eighth black, but classified as black by Louisiana law, refused to leave in order to trigger a case about the ... After the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision, segregation ...

Board of Education case marked a decisive turning point ... effectively overturning the previous Plessy v. Ferguson decision and its separate but equal doctrine. The impact extended far beyond ...

From massive protests against racial segregation and discrimination in the 1960s to the fight against police brutality, African Americans have advocated for equality for decades. In the ...

The ruling in Plessy v Ferguson was the start of the ‘separate-but-equal’ principle. This led to more segregation on transportation, in entertainment venues, in factories and at other places ...

In the court case known as Plessy v Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court ruled that segregation of people based on race was legal, providing facilities were 'separate but equal'. These segregation ...