Original Ancestors
On June 7, 1892 Homer Plessy bought a first class ticket and boarded a "whites only" car of the East Louisiana Railroad in New Orleans. This was a test case organized by the Comite de Citoyens, with Plessy being chosen for "being white enough to gain access to the train and black enough to be arrested for doing so." After four years in court it ended in the landmark Plessy v Ferguson decision of 1896 upholding the constitutionality of "separate but equal" facilities.Black History
On June 7, 1892 Homer Plessy bought a first class ticket and boarded a "whites only" car of the East Louisiana Railroad in New Orleans. This was a test case organized by the Comite de Citoyens, with Plessy being chosen for "being white enough to gain access to the train and black enough to be arrested for doing so." After four years in court it ended in the landmark Plessy v Ferguson decision of 1896 upholding the constitutionality of "separate but equal" facilities.Black History
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