Plessy v. Ferguson
The Plessey v. Ferguson case was a case in 1896 that dealt with the constitutionality of laws regarding "Separate but Equal." The case started when Homer Plessy, a man only 1/8th African decent (still considered colored by Louisiana law) boarded the white only car on a train. He was promptly arrested. His lost his original case and was arrested and had to pay a $25 fine. He kept appealing his case until it reached the Supreme Court. Plessy argued that the law violates his 14th Amendment rights, but the Supreme Court saw otherwise. The final vote was 7-1 (one judge wasn't there because his daughter had died) in favor of the state of Louisiana. The ruling allowed segregation as long as both as equal. Although many colored places that were supposed to be equal were not, nothing was done about it to make them equal.