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= Plessy Versus Ferguson =

== Vs. ==

"Separate but equal trains with accomadations for white and colored races by providing two or more passenger coaches for each passenger train"

=The Case =

=== Homer Plessy was part of a group that tested the constitutional rights for African Americans. Plessy, who was not visibly black, agreed to go on a white passenger car and be arrested. The organization, Citizens' Committee to Test the Constitutionality of the Separate Car Law, was run by Albion Tourgee´. Its purpose was to challenge the 1890 Louisiana Separate Car Act, which had been recently enforced. ===

=== On the day of June 7th, 1892 Plessy boarded the white car on and awaited his arrest. He was detained before he was arrested, by the conductor and private detective. He was then arrested and found guilty of sitting in the wrong car by Judge Ferguson. Homer Plessy then brought his court cases to the Supreme Court. === ==

Verdict ==  This was a landmark court case in U.S. history and the country’s relationship with race. The Supreme court did not side with Plessy, and found him guilty for refusal to leave the white car. All but one Justice voted against Plessy. Justice John Harlan was the only one that sided with Plessy, he said“ Our Constitution is color-blinded.” The decision was "separate but equal."

Conflicts with the 14th and 13th amendment The 14th amendment guarentees equal rights to all citizen, no matter what race. This Plessy Vs. Ferguson Conflicted with this amendment because Homer Plessy was not allowed to sit where white people were allowed which was not equal in his opinion. The court was in agreement with Plessy the court decided that they were "separate but equal"