Plessy+v+Ferguson


 * The United States Supreme Court made a decision that radical segregation in public facilities under the doctrine od separate but equal
 * The case was based on the incident in which Plessy bought a first class ticket for a "Whites Only" train and boarded it. However, the train company had been forewarned of Plessy's racial lineage, and had hired a private detective to follow, and detain him. Following, Plessy was promptly arrested and removed from the train when it had reached it's destination.
 * The Committee of Citizens took Plessy's appeal to the Supreme Court of Louisiana where he again found an unreceptive ear, as the state Supreme Court upheld Judge Ferguson's ruling
 * The case helped cement the legal foundation for the doctrine of separate but equal, the idea that segregation based on classifications was legal as long as facilities were of equal quality.
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