TRUE or FALSE? Plessy vs. Ferguson was a Supreme Court case where a black man tried to sit in a whites only railroad car. The case brought about the ruling known as "separate but equal."
TRUE. Plessy v. Ferguson was a Supreme Court case in 1896 where Homer Plessy, who was classified as black under Louisiana law, challenged racial segregation on trains. The case resulted in the "separate but equal" doctrine, which allowed racial segregation as long as facilities were deemed equal in quality.
