On June 7, 1892, Plessy bought a first class ticket at the Press Street Depot and boarded a " whites only " car of the East Louisiana Railroad in New Orleans, Louisiana, bound for Covington, Louisiana.

On June 7, 1892, Plessy bought a first-class ticket for the commuter train that ran from New Orleans to Covington, sat down in the car for white riders only and the conductor asked whether he was a colored man, Medley said.

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