The 14th Amendment: The Plessy V. Ferguson Case

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The 14th Amendment doesn’t show that it’s protected for all citizens because of the Supreme Court Case (Plessy v. Ferguson) In the Plessy v. Ferguson case, Plessy, who was a black U.S. citizen, bought a first class train ticket, and intentionally took a seat in a railroad car reserved for white passengers. Because he did this, he got taken to court. The question argued in court was whether plessy was denied the “equal protection of law” in the 14th Amendment. Plessy was then proven innocent. Plessy was being treated unequally (especially seeing he had a first class ticket), and was taken to court when he shouldn’t have. The 14th Amendment even mentions that everyone should have equal protection of the laws. But if the 14th Amendment was protected,
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