Plessy
Submitted by mzcandieboo on March 22, 2009
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Plessy
Candice Thurman
Mrs. Fleming
Research Paper
March 23, 2009
Plessy vs. Ferguson
How would you feel if you were charged with a twenty five dollar crime for not giving up your seat on a train? Homer Plessy and a group of New Orleans black businessmen decided to fight against separate car laws. The group decided to test the case and Homer Plessy volunteered to break the law. Plessy boarded an East Louisiana railroad train in New Orleans and took a seat in a white only car. He was asked to move and refused. He was then arrested and sent to New Orleans Judge John Ferguson. Plessy and his attorney argued that that the separate car laws violated his...
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