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A case in which the Supreme Court ruled that segregated, "equal but separate" public accommodations for blacks and whites did not violate the 14th amendment. 

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A case in which the Supreme Court ruled that segregated, "equal but separate" public accommodations for blacks and whites did not violate the 14th amendment. 

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This ruling made segregation legal. Some railroad companies were on Plessy's side because they paid too much to maintain separate cars.

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This ruling made segregation legal. Some railroad companies were on Plessy's side because they paid too much to maintain separate cars.

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Plessy v. Ferguson strengthened racial segregation in public accommodations and services throughout the United States.

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Plessy v. Ferguson strengthened racial segregation in public accommodations and services throughout the United States.

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The case stemmed from an 1892 incident in which African American train passenger Homer Plessy refused to sit in a car for Black people.

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The case stemmed from an 1892 incident in which African American train passenger Homer Plessy refused to sit in a car for Black people.

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Plessy staged an act of civil disobedience to challenge one of Louisiana's racial segregation laws and bring a test case to force the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of segregation laws. 

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Plessy staged an act of civil disobedience to challenge one of Louisiana's racial segregation laws and bring a test case to force the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of segregation laws. 