Homer Plessy was kicked off the white traincar when the conductor learned had one African-American great-grandparent. When Plessy challenged this action,
the U. S. Supreme Court ruled in Plessy v. Ferguson that: *
"separate but equal is okay" because each racial group was getting a traincar
"separate but equal is okay" because Homer Plessy lied when he bought his ticket
"separate can never be equal" because it does psychological damage to those being
segregated against
"separate can never be equal" because it violates the Declaration of Independence
One "spark" for the start of the Civil Rights Movement was the murder of