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write a short objective summary explaining the case of Homer Plessy v. Ferguson as well as giving your own thoughts and reactions to the case.

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The case of Homer Plessy, a mostly white man yet he was still considered black, V. Ferguson, was about racial segregation, and the separate but equal clause. Homer Plessy decided to protest for the rights of his people, the African American community, by refusing to sit in the "blacks" section of the train. He told the people he was black, and got arrested for it.

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