Compare And Contrast Plessy Vs Ferguson

Plessy vs. Ferguson was intended to fight what is known as the separate but equal clause, under the doctrine as long as facilities were provided to each races then it was fully within the power of the state to segregate them by race. During the time the state of Louisiana had established the Separate Car Act, which required blacks and whites to sit in separate railway cars. This brought controversy within black advocacy groups, who wanted to bring light onto the law in order to repel it and restore inherent rights to african american. In an attempt to do so they persuaded Homer Plessy, who was born a free man but since he had one-eighth african american in him considered black under Louisiana law, to participate in a trial. Hoping to combat

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