Area students got a chance Tuesday to hear interesting anecdotes about “Plessy V. Ferguson” from the descendants from the original case participants.

As part of Constitution Day at The Robert H. Jackson Center the “Plessy v. Ferguson — From Vs to &: A Living Legacy” presentation was held where Phoebe Ferguson and Keith Plessy gave detailed information about the case.

Greg Peterson, Jackson Center co-founder, moderated the conversation.

“Plessy v. Ferguson” was a landmark Supreme Court case in 1896 that determined racial segregation was not in violation of the United States Constitution as long as facilities were considered “separate but equal.” The case was later overruled by “Brown v. Board of Education” in 1954, which declared that racial segregation was not constitutional.