During the civil rights era blacks weren’t allowed to sit next to whites on the bus, or even eat at the same restaurants. They had a lot of strict policies. How this case even started was Plessy had bought a first class ticket to Louisiana Railroad and he was later arrested for sitting with a white. He had refused to move from a railroad full of whites. The Supreme Court decide that blacks and whites would have separate facilities. African Americans started to fight for their rights, such as integrating schools. African Americans fought and protested for schools not to be segregated by race because they believed everyone should be able to contribute and learn in school no matter what race they are. This case transformed African Americans perspective
