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Homer Plessy
John Ferguson
Obviously Homer Plessy and John Ferguson was in this case. The judge John H. Ferguson and a courtroom full of people.
Plessy v. Ferguson was a court case about discrimination and was held in 1896. Plessy was kicked off the bus because he wouldn't get up for a white man. He believes he is 7/8 white and should be treated like a white man. He was sentenced to a $25 dollar fine or 20 days in jail.
Plessy v. Ferguson was on May 18, 1896.
Plessy v. Ferguson Court case was in Louisiana.
It was important because it was "separate but equal" and it established racial discrimination.
It was a case that people need to stop racial discrimination.
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/plessy-v-ferguson