When did Plessy v. Ferguson begin and end?

Plessy v. Ferguson 163 US 537 (1896) Answer The conflict was initiated by Homer Plessy's arrest in New Orleans, Louisiana, on June 7, 1892 and ended with the US Supreme Court's decision on May 18, 1896 nearly four years later Explanation Plessy v. Ferguson originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, when a group of African-American professionals, the Citizens' Committee of New Orleans, decided to challenge the constitutionality of segregation laws.In this case, Homer Plessy deliberately violated the Louisiana Separate Car Act of 1890 (Act 111), that required whites and non-whites to ride in separate railway cars when traveling intrastate Plessy, an "Octroon" in 19th-century Louisiana parlance (one-eighth African-American), was arrested after refusing to leave the whites-only car while traveling from New Orleans to Covington, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana on June 7, 1892.

He was tried in Orleans Parrish, New Orleans, in Judge John Ferguson's court, the following month Plessy was found guilty, but appealed his case through the Louisiana state courts and the US Supreme Court on the grounds that the Louisiana law was unconstitutional under the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments. S loss in the Supreme Court on May 18, 1896 affirmed the "separate but equal" doctrine that was used to justify segregation nationwide The decision was finally overturned in the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education (1954) For more information, see Related Questions, below.

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