The first case is about Plessy v Ferguson which is a case that determined whether or not racial segregation is constitutional under the separate but equal doctrine. The second case is about Brown v Board of Education which decided that state laws requiring separate but equal schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. Both cases had a powerful effect on the precedents that we now have in today's justice system. Plessy v Ferguson established the doctrine of “Separate but Equal” and Brown v Board of Education concluded that separate public schools for blacks and whites was deemed unconstitutional. Without Plessy v Ferguson and Brown v Board of Education, black and white students would likely still be separated to this day under constitutional laws.
Plessy v Ferguson is a 1896 U.S Supreme Court case that originated from a racial incident in 1982 in which a man named Homer Plessy, who was just 1/8th black, objected to sitting in a train car that was under a Jim Crow law. Jim Crow laws were laws of racial segregation which was at an all time high during the 1800s. Plessy was brought before a Judge named John H. …show more content…
Brown argued that racial segregation violated the Equal Protection Clause because the city’s black and white schools weren't equal to each other. The federal district court ignored his statement, ruling that the segregated public schools were considerably equal enough to be constitutional. Brown sent a request to the U.S Supreme Court, which considered, then reviewed all the school segregation actions together. The Court spoke in a unanimous decision written by Chief Justice Earl Warren. The decision ultimately upheld that racial segregation of African American children in public schools is a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of
Plessy v Ferguson is a 1896 U.S Supreme Court case that originated from a racial incident in 1982 in which a man named Homer Plessy, who was just 1/8th black, objected to sitting in a train car that was under a Jim Crow law. Jim Crow laws were laws of racial segregation which was at an all time high during the 1800s. Plessy was brought before a Judge named John H. …show more content…
Brown argued that racial segregation violated the Equal Protection Clause because the city’s black and white schools weren't equal to each other. The federal district court ignored his statement, ruling that the segregated public schools were considerably equal enough to be constitutional. Brown sent a request to the U.S Supreme Court, which considered, then reviewed all the school segregation actions together. The Court spoke in a unanimous decision written by Chief Justice Earl Warren. The decision ultimately upheld that racial segregation of African American children in public schools is a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of