<P> In 1892 , Homer Plessy , who was of mixed ancestry and appeared to be white , boarded an all - white railroad car between New Orleans and Covington , Louisiana . The conductor of the train collected passenger tickets at their seats . When Plessy told the conductor he was 7 / 8ths white and 1 / 8th black , he was advised he needed to move to a coloreds - only car . Plessy said he resented sitting in a coloreds - only car and was arrested immediately . </P>
<P> In 1892 , Homer Plessy , who was of mixed ancestry and appeared to be white , boarded an all - white railroad car between New Orleans and Covington , Louisiana . The conductor of the train collected passenger tickets at their seats . When Plessy told the conductor he was 7 / 8ths white and 1 / 8th black , he was advised he needed to move to a coloreds - only car . Plessy said he resented sitting in a coloreds - only car and was arrested immediately . </P>
who boarded the white car on a train leading to the separate but equal doctrine
who boarded the white car on a train leading to the separate but equal doctrine
Homer Plessy
Homer Plessy