Confusion about the legality of segregation continued until it was challenged by Homer Plessy. In 1892, in a planned act of civil disobedience, Plessy boarded a train in New Orleans and sat in the ...

Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that established the legal doctrine of “separate but equal”. It was a ruling that enabled many states to enact racial segregation laws for ...

They chose Homer Plessy to defy the segregationists in an act of civil disobedience. On June 7, 1892, Plessy boarded the "white" car of the East Louisiana Railroad. Born on March 17, 1863 ...