Leading up to this case, an organization including former governor PBS Pinchback was founded to combat the central act in this case. That group raised over $1,000 to hire Albion Tourgee as the attorney for the plaintiff, though that was for naught as the majority opinion delivered by Henry Billings Brown claimed that there was a de facto distinction between political and social terms in the 13th and 14th Amendments. Despite Harlan's famous dissenting opinion, the court ultimately deemed the Louisiana Separate Car Act constitutional. For 10 points, name this 1896 case condoning "separate but eq
Leading up to this case, an organization including former governor PBS Pinchback was founded to combat the central act in this case. That group raised over $1,000 to hire Albion Tourgee as the attorney for the plaintiff, though that was for naught as the majority opinion delivered by Henry Billings Brown claimed that there was a de facto distinction between political and social terms in the 13th and 14th Amendments. Despite Harlan's famous dissenting opinion, the court ultimately deemed the Louisiana Separate Car Act constitutional. For 10 points, name this 1896 case condoning "separate but equal" facilities for African Americans on railroad cars.
Leading up to this case, an organization including former governor PBS Pinchback was founded to combat the central act in this case.
{Plessy} v. Ferguson