PLESSY v.
FERGUSON, 163 U.S. 537 (1896)
qThis case turns upon the constitutionality of an act of
the general assembly of the state of Louisiana, passed in 1890, providing for
separate railway carriages for the white and colored races.
qThe first section of the statute enacts 'that all
railway companies carrying passengers in their coaches in this state, shall
provide equal but separate accommodations for the white, and colored races