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Homer Plessy- went on a train and decided to sit in the white section instead of the colored section, he was then asked to move and he refused

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John Howard Ferguson was the judge who denied the request, and the Louisiana Supreme Court upheld Ferguson's ruling on appeal. Plessy would then be convicted

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The Supreme Court ruled in favor of John Ferguson, and found it didn't violate the 14th amendment

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He was only 1/8 African American

He was an American Shoemaker

He was Civil Rights Activist

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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

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