Why did Plessy believe that the Separate Car act violated his Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendment rights?

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Why did Plessy believe that the Separate Car act violated his Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendment rights?
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Because he wasn't being given the same equal treatment as the white passengers were.

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