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Plessy Vs. Ferguson
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Plessy vs. Ferguson
The issue was resolved as "constitutional" by the majority. "Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law.
Not until 58 years later, would the "separate but equal" doctrine be struck down during the court case of Brown vs. Board of Education.
Plessy was taken to court in 1896, where the interpretation of the 13th and 14th amendment was debated.
13th amendment - Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction
14th amendment - “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed. In addition, it forbids states from denying any person "life, liberty or property, without due process of law" or to "deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
Background
In 1896, Homer Plessy was arrested for "civil disobedience" after refusing to move to a "color designated" car on a train. Plessy was 7/8 european descent and 1/8 African descent. But, nonetheless was asked to sit in the colored section.