Title: Plessy v. Ferguson
Subtitle: separate but equal
Description: Profiles the 1896 Supreme Court trial that tested the constitutionality of laws in the South that enforced racial segregation in train travel, and discusses the impact of the verdict which provided a legal cover for racial discrimination throughout the United States.
Subjects: Race relations, Trials, litigation, African Americans, Civil rights, Law and legislation, Segregation, Segregation in transportation, Juvenile literature, History, Trials
Places: United States, Louisiana
People: Homer Adolph Plessy