what was Plessy vs ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson
because blacks and whites had to ride different rail carts
From the plaintiff, Homer Plessy, and the defendant, John Howard Ferguson.
This is from the Supreme Court case Plessy vs. Ferguson.
He was the person in the case of plessy v.s Ferguson .And Ferguson won
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)No. Plessy v. Ferguson was a US Supreme Court case that legally sanctioned racial segregation.
That would be the Supreme Court Case Plessy vs. Furgeson
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)Plessy v. Ferguson was a US Supreme Court case, not a person. Homer Plessy, the petitioner and John Ferguson, the nominal respondent, were both male, but that fact is completely irrelevant to the case.
The decision in the US Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896) affirmed the "separate but equal" doctrine that promoted segregation, various forms of legalized discrimination (such as Jim Crow laws), and indirectly sanctioned hatred and racism.
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896),
The Brown vs. Board of Education case overturned the Plessy vs. Ferguson case.