seperate but equal

“Separate but Equal”

“In view of the constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens.” Justice John Marshall Harlan stated in the closing of the Plessy vs. Ferguson case, yesterday May 18, 1896.
On June 7, 1892 Homer Adolph Plessy, a 30-year-old shoemaker was sent to jail for 20 days for sitting in a “white” car of the East Louisiana Railroad. Even though Plessy is only 1/8 black and 7/8 white, he is still considered black and required to sit in a “colored” car.
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