[DOC] [TLE] Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) - Wikipedia [PAR] After Plessy took a seat in the whites-only railway car, he was asked to vacate it, 
and sit instead in the blacks-only car. Plessy refused and was arrested... [DOC] [TLE] Homer Plessy - Wikipedia [PAR] When the conductor came to collect his ticket, Plessy told him that he was 7/8 
white and that he refused to sit in the "blacks-only" car. Plessy was immediately... [DOC] [TLE] Plessy v. Ferguson - Black History - HISTORY.com [PAR] This 1896 U.S. Supreme Court case upheld the constitutionality of segregation ... 
Restrictive legislation based on race continued following the Plessy decision, its 
reasoning not ... In 1892, passenger Homer Plessy refused to sit in a Jim Crow 
car. He was brought before Judge John H. Ferguson of the Criminal Court for 
New... [DOC] [TLE] Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) - Infoplease [PAR] If there was only one passenger car in a train, these cars were to be divided by a 
... Attacks on its authority after the infamous Dred Scott decision in 1857 still ... 
Although he did not consider himself African American, Louisiana law ... Plessy 
was asked by railroad officials to sit in the segregated area of the train. He 
refused. [DOC] [TLE] Plessy vs. Ferguson - Ferris State University [PAR] The Court ruled in favor of separate areas for blacks and whites as long as they ... 
Segregation also took off in many Southern states, as whites searched for this ... 
he sat down in the  White Only rail car, and refused to move when asked to do 
so. ... on May 18th, 1896, in favor of Judge Ferguson and the state of Louisiana. [DOC] [TLE] Plessy v. Ferguson :: 163 U.S. 537 (1896) :: Justia U.S. Supreme ... [PAR] of the race they belong to; and requiring the officer of the passenger train to 
assign ... JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the 
court. ... said coach and take a seat in another assigned to persons of the colored 
race, ... he will entertain, or as to the people he will take into his coach or cab or 
car,... [DOC] [TLE] Jim Crow and Plessy v. Ferguson | Slavery By Another Name Bento ... [PAR] Ferguson decision led to widespread segregation through the establishment ... 
boarded a train in New Orleans and sat in the car reserved for whites only. Plessy
, a man who was one-eighth black, but classified as black by Louisiana law, 
refused ... In 1896, after years of trials appeals, the Supreme Court ruled that 
separate... [DOC] [TLE] Homer Plessy - Civil Rights Activist - Biography.com [PAR] Feb 3, 2016 ... He challenged Louisiana segregation legislation by refusing to move from a "
whites only" railcar in 1896. ... He then stated to the conductor he was 1/8 black 
and refused to remove himself from the car. ... Perhaps more remarkably, 50 
years after what transpired, relatives of Plessy and Ferguson united to... [DOC] [TLE] Plessy v. Ferguson | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute [PAR] JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court. ... the 
white race; and that, upon such theory, he took possession of a vacant seat in a 
coach ..... Only "nurses attending children of the other race " are excepted from 
the .... to exclude white persons from railroad cars occupied by blacks as to 
exclude... [DOC] [TLE] Plessy v. Ferguson | law case | Britannica.com [PAR] May 12, 2015 ... Ferguson, case in which the U.S. Supreme Court, on May 18, 1896, by a ... a rail 
ticket for travel within Louisiana and took a seat in a car reserved for white 
passengers. ... After refusing to move to a car for African Americans, he was ... 
was intended to secure only the legal equality of African Americans and... [DOC] [TLE] Plessy vs Ferguson: Legal Segregation - Awesome Stories [PAR] In 1892 African American Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to sit in back of 
train in New. ... This image depicts the U.S. Supreme Court Justices who were 
serving

Question: He took on Ferguson in 1896 after refusing to sit in the railroad car for blacks only
Answer: Homer Plessy