Explain the difference between the Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) Supreme Court Case and verdict from the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS (1954) Supreme Court case and verdict. (Hint- Explain what Amendment both cases use as the basis of their arguments)
In the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court case, Homer Plessy was the plaintiff in this case. Homer Plessy decided to travel on June 7, 1892 between New Orleans and Covington, La. He paid for a first-class ticket with a vacated seat in white-only car. He was arrested and brought to New Orleans for his trial. Plessy was convicted of violating the 1890 law. He decided to file a petition against the judge in his trial. The Judge name was Hon. John H. Ferguson. In the Louisiana Supreme Court, …show more content…
Ferguson case. This means it allowed for “separate but equal” in the public eye which included public schools and public facilities. The unanimous ruling ended federal tolerance of racial segregation but in the ruling for the Plessy v. Ferguson case, the Court ruled that “separate but equal” on the railroad cars confirmed that the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee equal protection. With that decision, it justified segregating all public facilities and schools. Some school district ignored Plessy’s “equal” requirements and just didn’t care about their black schools. The NAACP had challenged some segregated schools in court. The rulings of court cases got some schools to improve their schools. The NAACP also challenge 4 regions on segregation. Those schools also improved their tangible aspect of their black schools. Brown decided to bring segregation to the Court. Chief Justice Earl Warren rejected the Plessy doctrine. Warren thinks that it is declaring that “separate educational facilities” is not “inherently unequal” because of the inequalities of segregation does not protect blacks students equally under the law. About a year later, the Court decided to publish some guidelines asking federal district courts to supervise school
In the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court case, Homer Plessy was the plaintiff in this case. Homer Plessy decided to travel on June 7, 1892 between New Orleans and Covington, La. He paid for a first-class ticket with a vacated seat in white-only car. He was arrested and brought to New Orleans for his trial. Plessy was convicted of violating the 1890 law. He decided to file a petition against the judge in his trial. The Judge name was Hon. John H. Ferguson. In the Louisiana Supreme Court, …show more content…
Ferguson case. This means it allowed for “separate but equal” in the public eye which included public schools and public facilities. The unanimous ruling ended federal tolerance of racial segregation but in the ruling for the Plessy v. Ferguson case, the Court ruled that “separate but equal” on the railroad cars confirmed that the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee equal protection. With that decision, it justified segregating all public facilities and schools. Some school district ignored Plessy’s “equal” requirements and just didn’t care about their black schools. The NAACP had challenged some segregated schools in court. The rulings of court cases got some schools to improve their schools. The NAACP also challenge 4 regions on segregation. Those schools also improved their tangible aspect of their black schools. Brown decided to bring segregation to the Court. Chief Justice Earl Warren rejected the Plessy doctrine. Warren thinks that it is declaring that “separate educational facilities” is not “inherently unequal” because of the inequalities of segregation does not protect blacks students equally under the law. About a year later, the Court decided to publish some guidelines asking federal district courts to supervise school