Plessy Vs. Ferguson Trial
Louisiana passed a statute that made it mandatory that trains provide "equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races" in 1890. The fine for breaking this statute was a $25 fine or 20 days in jail. Homer Plessey a colored 30 year old shoemaker from New Orleans broke this law in 1892 because he was only an eighth black, but even this small percentage caused the state to label him as a "colored" person. This was planned by the Citizens' Committee to Test the Constitutionality of the Separate Car Law, a committee that was against the law that caused segregation in trains. When Plessey refused to move to the colored section he was arrested. Plessey took the case to court but Judge John Howard Ferguson ruled against him. Plessey took the case to the Louisiana Supreme Court but they ruled in favor of Ferguson. He then took the cause to the United States Supreme Court.
The Citizens' Committee to Test the Constitutionality of the Separate Car Law appointed Albion......
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