Plessy v. Ferguson

man who plead case after taking seat in “Whites Only” train car

Homer Plessy

Did the SupremeCourt rule that separate-but-equal facilities violated the Constitution?

No 

justice writing for majority saying that 14th amendment enforces equality but says nothing about racial distincitions, “separate but equal”

Justice Henry B. Brown

justice writing for minority saying that segregation disguises racism as law, understood segregation perpetuated inequality

John Marshall Harlan

source for Plessy v. Ferguson saying every person has equal protection

14th Amendment

source saying that railway companies had “separate but equal” accomodations 

Louisiana Acts 1890 no. 1911

case in which Supreme Court said separate-but-equal unconstitutional in public education

Brown v. Board of Education

When this person violated segregated seating, the Supreme Court upheld overturning her conviction showing Plessy no longer applied 

Rosa Parks 

most important of Supreme Court cases brought by black people to protect from segregation

Plessy

Were facilities for white people better than facilities for nonwhite people?

Yes