Plessy v. Ferguson
Homer Plessy was arrested on June 7, 1892 because he sat in the white’s only car of the East Louisiana Railroad. Louisiana passed the Separate Car Act which separated cars in 1892. A group of black civil rights activist challenged the law in the courts. Plessy intentionally sat in the white section and identified himself as a black man. The case went all the way to the Supreme Court. Plessy’s lawyer argued that the Separate Car Act went against the 14th and 15th amendment.