In Linda Alchins article, “Plessy VS Ferguson Case” Plessy said, “I am an American citizen and I paid for a first class ticket and I intend to ride in this first class car.” Plessy didn’t believe in the separation of the carts, but he was aware that was the law in Louisiana. He later was imprisoned and fined for breaking a state law. Although this could have been prevented, it was the Committee of Citizens (group of blacks and whites business leaders from Louisiana) plan all along so they could take this case to court. The Committee of Citizens joined together to make efforts to dispute the “separate car act” law in court. The group raised enough money to hire a private detective and a lawyer. The separate car act was passed two years previous to this case, and it stated that blacks and whites would be on separate trains but the trains would still be equal . The committee alerted the railroad officials that Homer Plessy would board the train and sit in a “whites only cart” . The plan went as followed and Homer was immediately arrested by the private detective. The next day Plessy went to criminal court and stood before Judge John
In Linda Alchins article, “Plessy VS Ferguson Case” Plessy said, “I am an American citizen and I paid for a first class ticket and I intend to ride in this first class car.” Plessy didn’t believe in the separation of the carts, but he was aware that was the law in Louisiana. He later was imprisoned and fined for breaking a state law. Although this could have been prevented, it was the Committee of Citizens (group of blacks and whites business leaders from Louisiana) plan all along so they could take this case to court. The Committee of Citizens joined together to make efforts to dispute the “separate car act” law in court. The group raised enough money to hire a private detective and a lawyer. The separate car act was passed two years previous to this case, and it stated that blacks and whites would be on separate trains but the trains would still be equal . The committee alerted the railroad officials that Homer Plessy would board the train and sit in a “whites only cart” . The plan went as followed and Homer was immediately arrested by the private detective. The next day Plessy went to criminal court and stood before Judge John