The Plessy V. Ferguson was a case between Homer Plessy and Judge John H. Ferguson and the law. This case had to do with Homer refusing to follow the orders of what is said to be the law. But the law was the one who was violating two amendments made to give rights to African-American and blacks. This also had a big impact on "Separate but Equal". This brought the attention of the Supreme Court of how much segregation is happening to blacks. It also shows us that this is happening everywhere even in books such as To Kill a Mockingbird.
The case of Plessy v. Ferguson all started when a thirty-year-old colored man put in jail for sitting in one of the white cars on the East Louisiana Railroad. This all happened on June 7, 1982,