Essentials
Who was Homer Plessy
What is a shoemaker in the state of Louisiana, ⅛ African American
What year did the Seperate Car Act get initiated
What is 1890
What ratio/fraction of Black was Homer Plessy
What is 1/8?
Who was the judge involved in the case
Who is John Ferguson
What year did Homer Plessy sit down in the whites only train car?
what is 1892?
Where did the case orginially take place
What is Louisiana?
How did Homer get arrested?
What is sitting in segregated train car (Other wordings will be valid)
What happened after Ferguson made his decision in the lower courts?
Who wrote the minority opinion?
Who is John Harlan?
What was the Committee called?
What is the Committee of Citizens
How many years did this case's decision allow for legal segregation?
What is 50+ years?
Who wrote the Majority Opinion?
Who is Henry Brown?
How did Homer Plessy get the case to the Supreme Court
What is a writ of error?
Who won the case?
Who is John Ferguson?
What two admendments were upheld and questioned?
What is the 13 and 14th amendment