The battle with the 'Seperate but
Equal' doctrine
In 1896, just after the Civil Wars ending, a man named, Homer Plessy, entered an opposite race railway car. Homer was one-eights caucasion, but looked African American. He sat in the designated 'white section' of the railway car. Homer was arrested and jailed. He appealed on the grounds that his 14th amendment rights were being violated. The decision of the court and Plessy's decision alone would bring on great change in the United States.