Who was involved in plessy vs ferguson
The key figures involved in the Plessy v. Ferguson case were:
1. Homer Plessy: He was a Louisiana resident of mixed racial heritage (seven-eighths Caucasian, one-eighth African American) who deliberately violated the state's Separate Car Act of 1890 by sitting in the "whites-only" section of a train car.
2. John H. Ferguson: He was the judge in the case and the defendant in Plessy's lawsuit. Ferguson was the representative of the state of Louisiana.
3. Albion Tourgée: He was a prominent civil rights lawyer and Plessy's attorney. Tourgée argued that the Separate Car Act violated the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution.
4. Henry Billings Brown: He was the Supreme Court Justice who wrote the majority opinion in the case. Brown stated that the Louisiana law providing separate railway cars for white and African American passengers did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause as long as the accommodations provided were "separate but equal."
It is worth noting that the Supreme Court justices at the time of the decision were also part of the case. However, since the decision was not unanimous, only Brown's majority opinion is often highlighted.