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The East Louisiana Railroad Conductor who punched Homer Plessy's ticket asked if he was "white or colored." Plessy responded that he was "colored," but refused to move to the car designated for African-American travelers.
Plessy was a member of the New Orleans' Citizens' Committee that organized challenges to segregation laws, and deliberately violated Louisiana's Separate Car Act of 1890 in order to force a legal confrontation over laws that abrogated the principles of the 13th and 14th Amendments.
The Separate Car Act required railroad companies traveling within the state of Louisiana to provide separate travel accommodations for whites and African-Americans, preventing the races from co-mingling.
Home Plessy was an "Octaroon," in New Orlean's parlance, someone who had a single African-American grandparent, and looked white. He would not have been challenged as "colored" but for the Citizen's Committee pre-arranging his arrest with the East Louisiana Railroad Co. The railroad companies also wanted to overturn the law because they believed it was bad for business, so the company agreed to help stage a confrontation.
When the conductor walked through the "whites-only" car, he stopped to examine Plessy's first-class ticket, and asked whether the man was black or white. Plessy replied that he was black, but refused to remove himself to the African-American car. The Citizens' Committee had hired a private detective to ensure Plessy was detained; the detective took Plessy to the New Orleans' Parish jail.
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∙ 13y agoThe East Louisiana Railroad Conductor who punched Homer Plessy's ticket asked if he was "white or colored." Plessy responded that he was "colored," but refused to move to the car designated for African-American travelers.
Plessy was a member of the New Orleans' Citizens' Committee that organized challenges to segregation laws, and deliberately violated Louisiana's Separate Car Act of 1890 in order to force a legal confrontation over laws that abrogated the principles of the 13th and 14th Amendments.
The Separate Car Act required railroad companies traveling within the state of Louisiana to provide separate travel accommodations for whites and African-Americans, preventing the races from co-mingling.
Home Plessy was an "Octoroon," in New Orlean's parlance, someone who had a single African-American grandparent, and looked white. He would not have been challenged as "colored" but for the Citizen's Committee pre-arranging his arrest with the East Louisiana Railroad Co. The railroad companies also wanted to overturn the law because they believed it was bad for business, so the company agreed to help stage a confrontation.
When the conductor walked through the "whites-only" car, he stopped to examine Plessy's first-class ticket, and asked whether the man was black or white. Plessy replied that he was black, but refused to remove himself to the African-American car. The Citizens' Committee had hired a private detective to ensure Plessy was detained; the detective took Plessy to the New Orleans' Parish jail.
To view a picture of Homer Plessy, see Related Links, below.
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What did Homer Plessy did for the people?
Homer Plessy was allegedly a shoemaker and Vice-President of Societe des Francs Amis (Society of French Friends), a social organization that paid medical and funeral expenses for dues-paying members. Later in life he became a collector for People's Life Insurance Company.Homer A. Plessy (March 17, 1863 - March 1, 1925) was the petitioner in the landmark US Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896), that legitimized the "separate but equal" doctrine used to discriminate against African-Americans. The Plessy ruling, combined with the Court's earlier decision in the Civil Rights Cases, 163 US 537 (1883), which repealed the Civil Rights Act of 1875, allowed Jim Crow laws to flourish across the country (most particularly in the Southern states). Plessy was finally overturned by Brown v. Board of Education, 347 US 483 (1954).
Did Homer Plessy have any disabilities?
No, it appears Homer Plessy was intelligent, healthy and strong. Nothing in the literature suggests otherwise.
What did african-americans do in the north during the civil war?
The volunteers were formed into segregated units with white officers.
When the bus boycott was going on many of the white women did what?
Casucasian men and women walked right beside their AfricanAmerican women and men to show their support for the boycott.
Was the plessy vs Ferguson unanimous?
No it was not
Was Frankie Lymon AfricanAmerican?
yes
What movement united africanamerican with groups of people from Africa?
The Civil Rights Movement united African Americans with groups of people from Africa.
What is the origin of the word 'word' when used as a slang?
AfricanAmerican gang slang for "I agree." Or "That's right"
Who were the main people involved in plessy Vs Ferguson?
The main people involved in Plessy v. Ferguson were Homer Plessy, who was the plaintiff in the case and a man of mixed racial heritage, and Judge John H. Ferguson, who was the defendant in his capacity as a judge responsible for enforcing segregation laws in Louisiana. The lawyers who represented the parties before the Supreme Court were Albion Tourgée for Plessy and Milton J. Cunningham for Ferguson.
What was Plessy vs. Ferguson?
what was Plessy vs ferguson
How did the plessy affect the daily lives of white and blacks people in the north and south?
27
When was plessy born?
Homer Plessy was born March 17, 1863.
What argument did Plessy's legal team make Plessy v. Ferguson?
Making Plessy change his seat violated his equal rights under the constitution
Why did the Supreme Court not accept Plessy's argument in Plessy v Ferguson?
The Supreme Court decided that Plessy's plan was still treating the negro as if they were being segerated.
Which suprime court decision did brown v board of education of topeka overturn?
Plessy v. Ferguson
What percentage of black was Homer Plessy?
Homer Plessy was 1/8 (.123%) black.
What argument did plessy legal team make in plessy v. Ferguson?
making plessy change his seat violated his equal rights under the constitution-apex
