Instructional Video2:30
Makematic

Plessy v. Ferguson

K - 8th
In 1892, Homer Plessy's arrest for sitting in a train car reserved for White passengers led to a Supreme Court decision that endorsed racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine.
Instructional Video5:55
Mr. Beat

"Separate But Equal" | Plessy v. Ferguson

6th - 12th
In episode 50 of Supreme Court Briefs, a man with lighter skin is arrested after refusing to leave the whites-only railway car of a segregated train in the Jim Crow South.
Instructional Video
Georgetown University

Georgetown: Georgetown Slavery Archive Video: Facing Georgetown's History

9th - 10th
In this short documentary film, students in classes at Georgetown University reflect on a trip they took to Louisiana in March 2018 to meet with members of the GU272 descendant community, visit Whitney Plantation and the site of Homer...