Read the excerpt from the Supreme Court's ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson. That petitioner was a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State of Louisiana, of mixed descent
on June 7, 1892, he engaged and paid for a first class passage on the East Louisiana Railway
and thereupon
entered a passenger train, and took possession of a vacant seat in a coach where passengers of the white race
were accommodated; that such railroad company was incorporated by the laws of Louisiana as a common
carrier, and was not authorized to
distinguish between citizens according to their race. But, notwithstanding
this, petitioner was required by the conductor, under penalty of ejection from said train and imprisonment, to
vacate said coach and occupy another seat in a coach assigned by said company for persons not of the white
race.
How does this relate to the premises of Brown v. Board of Education?
O The
Brown case addresses whether localiths have the authority to label individuals by race.
O The Brown case addresses whether the laws of Southern states are racially biased.
O The Brown case addresses whether penalties and punishments can legally vary by race.
• The Brown case addresses whether facilities separated by race are permissible by law.