Homer Plessy was arrested On June 7, 1892 because he violated the Separate Car Act. His argument in the Plessy v. Ferguson case was that it went against the 14th amendment; which makes everyone born or naturalized in the US a citizen of the US. But it also guarantees that every United States citizen will be granted the same protection under the law, the 14th amendment makes everyone in the United States equal before the law. Throughout the case they also mention the 13th amendment which abolished slavery. Judge Ferguson overlook these 2 amendments while making his verdict, a mistake that might had had contribute to future acts of discrimination. The case Plessy v. Ferguson was not simply about Plessy not being able to sit on a
