The doctrine that emerged from the Plessy v. Ferguson case is known as "separate but equal." This legal principle upheld racial segregation in public facilities, asserting that as long as the separate facilities for African Americans and whites were equal in quality, segregation did not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This doctrine was later challenged and ultimately overturned by the Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954.
Homer Plessy was born March 17, 1863.
Jeanne Sylvanie Arnould-Plessy was born in 1819.
Will Ferguson was born in 1964.
Armand du Plessy was born on July 19, 1883, in Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Matt Ferguson was born in 1966.
Josh Ferguson was born in 1988.
Alejandro Ferguson was born in 1978.
Bill Ferguson was born in 1880.
Helaman Ferguson was born in 1940.
Elmer Ferguson was born in 1885.
Rachel Ferguson was born in 1892.
Walter Ferguson was born in 1930.