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Homer Plessy, a member of the New Orleans' Citizens' Committee that organized challenges to segregation laws, deliberately violated Louisiana's Separate Car Act of 1890.
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 "Octroon," 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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What argument did plessy's legal term make in plessy v Ferguson?
In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, Plessy's legal team argued that Louisiana's Separate Car Act, which required racial segregation on trains, violated the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution. They contended that the law denied Plessy equal protection under the law, as guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. However, the Supreme Court rejected this argument and upheld the constitutionality of "separate but equal" racial segregation.
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Why was Plessy sitting in the train car designated for whites only?
Plessy was intentionally sitting in the train car designated for whites only as an act of civil disobedience. He wanted to challenge the segregation laws that were prevalent at the time in the United States, especially in the South. Plessy's action was part of a larger effort to fight racial discrimination and push for equality under the law.
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In the Plessy versus Ferguson case it was decided that the state law of racial segregation concerning public facilities, like trains, was protected under the constitution.
Which term is defined as protesting by refusing to obey law?
civil disobedience
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It upheld the "separate but equal" doctrine.
What was the ruling in the landmark case Plessy v Ferguson?
The Supreme Court rejected Homer Plessy's argument that the Louisiana law stigmatized blacks as inferior, so they believed the law in no way violated the Fourteenth Amendment.
Why did Homer Plessy challenge a Louisiana law in 1892?
In 1892 Homer Plessy rode in a whites only railroad car. He was brought before the courts and argued that the lawwas unconstitutional. In 1896 the supreme court expressed a new legal document endorsing "seperate, but equal."
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