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Plessy Refuses
Homer Plessy refuses to leave the railroad car and go to the all African American car. He was later arrested -
Homer Plessy
Mr. plessy decided to appeal his arrested to the court for violating his rights. -
Summary
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Summary
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Ferguson
Mr. Ferguson proceeded over the appeal and denied it. He used the "seperate but equal: even though plessy was a free man. -
seperate but equal
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Things are not equal
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After Plessy vs. Ferguson
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Seperate but not equal
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Brown vs Brown
The case Brown vs. Board of Education reached a verdict after 5 months of deliberation. They were in favor of Brown, which overturned the Plessy case. By overturning Plessy, the Court ended America's 58-year-long practice of legal racial segregation
