Homer Plessy, one-eighth black person, was arrested and ordered imprisoned, for sitting in the white section of a train, and refusing to give up his seat. Justice Henry Brown won the case with 7 to 1 vote but he still had to pay $20 fine and spend 25 day in prison.
Even though Justice Henry Brown won the case, I still do not understand why Plessy had to pay fine and spend his night at jail.
This is the brief summary of Plessy v. Ferguson, and it has a nice song.
Justice Brown said Fourteenth Amendment aimed strictly "to enforce the absolute equality of the two races before the law." So, he thinks according to Fourteenth Amendment, everybody should be treated equally.
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