Plessy vs. Ferguson
By: Feyisola and Sabrina
Circumstances
Homer Plessy was 7/8 white and 1/8 black so he sat in a white's only seat and when he refused to move he was arrested under the Jim Crow
Court Case
An Us Supreme Court decision in Plessy vs. Ferguson opened the door for even more Jim Crow laws The decision in Plessy vs. Ferguson made segregation in the law of the land.
7-1 vote
Citations
Text book page 352 in Georgia American Experience
Text book page 249 in Georgia Studies Book
HIstory.com/ black history/ plessy vs. ferguson