Where did plessy versus Ferguson happen?

Answer 1

Plessy v. Ferguson originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, when a group of African-American professionals, the Citizens' Committee of New Orleans, decided to challenge the constitutionality of segregation laws. In this case, Homer Plessy deliberately violated the Louisiana Separate Car Act of 1890 (Act 111), that required whites and non-whites to ride in separate railway cars when traveling intrastate.

Plessy, an "Octroon" in 19th-century Louisiana parlance (one-eighth African-American), was arrested after refusing to leave the whites-only car while traveling from New Orleans to Covington, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana on June 7, 1892. He was tried in Orleans Parrish, New Orleans, in Judge John Ferguson's court, the following month.

Plessy was found guilty, but appealed his case through the Louisiana state courts and the US Supreme Court on the grounds that the Louisiana law was unconstitutional under the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments. His loss in the Supreme Court affirmed the "separate but equal" doctrine that was used to justify segregation nationwide. The decision was finally overturned in the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education, (1954).

Case Citation:

Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)

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Answer 2

Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)

Answer

The conflict was initiated by Homer Plessy's arrest in New Orleans, Louisiana, on June 7, 1892, and ended with the US Supreme Court's decision on May 18, 1896, nearly four years later.

Explanation

Plessy v. Ferguson originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, when a group of African-American professionals, the Citizens' Committee of New Orleans, decided to challenge the constitutionality of segregation laws. In this case, Homer Plessy deliberately violated the Louisiana Separate Car Act of 1890 (Act 111), that required whites and non-whites to ride in separate railway cars when traveling intrastate.

Plessy, an "Octroon" in 19th-century Louisiana parlance (one-eighth African-American), was arrested after refusing to leave the whites-only car while traveling from New Orleans to Covington, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana on June 7, 1892. He was tried in Orleans Parrish, New Orleans, in Judge John Ferguson's court, the following month.

Plessy was found guilty, but appealed his case through the Louisiana state courts and the US Supreme Court on the grounds that the Louisiana law was unconstitutional under the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments. His loss in the Supreme Court on May 18, 1896 affirmed the "separate but equal" doctrine that was used to justify segregation nationwide.

The decision was finally overturned in the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education, (1954).

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Answer 3

Plessy v. Ferguson began after Reconstruction ended and Jim Crow laws were being passed to discriminate against African Americans. Because the businesses that were discriminating against black people were privately owned, they were not beholden to the Fourteenth Amendment.

The actual case began when Louisiana passed an act that required African Americans and Caucasians to have separate accommodations on the railroads, though it specified that these facilities must be "equal". A group of African Americans wanted to protest this law and enlisted Homer Plessy to commit an act of civil disobedience by being thrown out of the railway cars for violating the act. The Supreme Court ruled that having "separate but equal" facilities was constitutional, which was later overturned in a different case.

Case Citation:

Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)

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