In the Plessy v. Ferguson case, it connects with the novel To Kill A Mockingbird in many ways. In both of the cases, the white people had more power over the black people and most of all of the white people that lived in that generation disliked the whites very much. People like Atticus would agree in the case of the Plessy v. Ferguson because even though he was white, he had better thoughts about the blacks. He thought that the black should have a say on their side of the story, instead of always jumping to conclusions. With the blacks not having much power or say at all, most of the time the whites never had to fight over who will win or not. The Plessy v. Ferguson case was held in Louisiana, in 1896. It was believed to have problems with
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The votes were 7-1 saying that there wasn't interfering with the amendments. After the courts, they passed a law legalizing segregation. It pushed the agenda by not separating the blacks and whites anymore. It was connected with the constitution because all the people in the U.S were considered as one. In both of the circumstances and the courts, they had to think about who was right in the situation. At this point they were second guessing the power of the white people over the blacks. Unfortunately, in the novel, the black man Tom went to jail and Plessy wasn't found guilty. Later on, after the court in the Plessy case, no one would have more power than the other by the color of their skin. In To Kill A Mockingbird, there were still problems with the color of people's skin, but it still puts a big impact on some. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout learned many things from the obstacles she went through in the novel. Scout learned that the black people were poorly treated than the whites because they always got the hand me downs or nothing at all. Scout never thought different from the blacks because she thought that they were the same type of person. The only thing she saw different was the color of their skin. She learned to accept the blacks because she grew up with Calpurnia and her dad taught her the responsibility to accept them. Scout sat with the blacks in court, shared a Coke and had an own
The votes were 7-1 saying that there wasn't interfering with the amendments. After the courts, they passed a law legalizing segregation. It pushed the agenda by not separating the blacks and whites anymore. It was connected with the constitution because all the people in the U.S were considered as one. In both of the circumstances and the courts, they had to think about who was right in the situation. At this point they were second guessing the power of the white people over the blacks. Unfortunately, in the novel, the black man Tom went to jail and Plessy wasn't found guilty. Later on, after the court in the Plessy case, no one would have more power than the other by the color of their skin. In To Kill A Mockingbird, there were still problems with the color of people's skin, but it still puts a big impact on some. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout learned many things from the obstacles she went through in the novel. Scout learned that the black people were poorly treated than the whites because they always got the hand me downs or nothing at all. Scout never thought different from the blacks because she thought that they were the same type of person. The only thing she saw different was the color of their skin. She learned to accept the blacks because she grew up with Calpurnia and her dad taught her the responsibility to accept them. Scout sat with the blacks in court, shared a Coke and had an own