Creating Equality: A Civil Rights Essay
Civil Rights, there was a movement, many leaders, and many cases, but what really happened? The people of America were separated into two groups, colored and whites. It wasn't fair but to many people it was a way of life, they didn't like it but it was a way of life. But for some people they couldn't stand it and has to do something about it. As with anything there were so many cases that had a huge impact on Civil Rights: Plessy vs Fergason, Loving vs Virginia, and Swann vs Charlotte-Meclanburg Board of Education.
Plessy vs Fergason is most likely one of the most talked about cases that had an impact on the civil rights movement, it proposed the idea of "separate but equal". In other words this was …show more content…
In detail this meant that a white could not marry a colored and a colored could not marry a white. This left people feeling like they couldn't marry the person they loved. In this case many states agreed but some did not such as Virginia. The state of Virginia didn't like this verdict because they thought that "its miscegenation statutes punished both white and black participants in an interracial marriage equally, they cannot be said to constitute invidious discrimination based on race and, therefore, the statutes commanded mere rational basis review".(Loving vs Virgina). Due to this law if you married the opposite race it was considered a felony and you were thrown in jail. In other words it was a big deal if you married the opposite race and it could cause you a lot of trouble. No race thought this was …show more content…
The busses were separated between the races, it wasn't the public busses that were separated it was the school busses. It's important to realize that this affected more people than just the adults, it affected the kids of many ages, young or old. The case was fairly successful and the ruling was fair: "the school board adopted a desegregation plan for elementary schools that included grouping two or three outlying schools with one inner-city black school and transporting black children to the white schools and white children to the black schools."(Swann vs Charlotte-Meclanburg Board of Education). They often took kids to different schools to keep them separate. In this case it was successful and had its advantages and disadvantages. On the positive side all of the children were able to go to school and receive some sort of education, good or bad. On the negative side the children weren't given the traditional school experience with all different kinds of races. They only knew one kind. This law was more successful and did cause less trouble, but just like the others it was depriving the people of many experiences.
As stated earlier the cases that had a major impact on the Civil Rights movement like Plessy vs Fergason, Loving vs Virginia, and Swann vs Charlotte-Meclanburg Board of Education. There was the idea of separate but equal, marriage laws, and school discrimination.
Civil Rights, there was a movement, many leaders, and many cases, but what really happened? The people of America were separated into two groups, colored and whites. It wasn't fair but to many people it was a way of life, they didn't like it but it was a way of life. But for some people they couldn't stand it and has to do something about it. As with anything there were so many cases that had a huge impact on Civil Rights: Plessy vs Fergason, Loving vs Virginia, and Swann vs Charlotte-Meclanburg Board of Education.
Plessy vs Fergason is most likely one of the most talked about cases that had an impact on the civil rights movement, it proposed the idea of "separate but equal". In other words this was …show more content…
In detail this meant that a white could not marry a colored and a colored could not marry a white. This left people feeling like they couldn't marry the person they loved. In this case many states agreed but some did not such as Virginia. The state of Virginia didn't like this verdict because they thought that "its miscegenation statutes punished both white and black participants in an interracial marriage equally, they cannot be said to constitute invidious discrimination based on race and, therefore, the statutes commanded mere rational basis review".(Loving vs Virgina). Due to this law if you married the opposite race it was considered a felony and you were thrown in jail. In other words it was a big deal if you married the opposite race and it could cause you a lot of trouble. No race thought this was …show more content…
The busses were separated between the races, it wasn't the public busses that were separated it was the school busses. It's important to realize that this affected more people than just the adults, it affected the kids of many ages, young or old. The case was fairly successful and the ruling was fair: "the school board adopted a desegregation plan for elementary schools that included grouping two or three outlying schools with one inner-city black school and transporting black children to the white schools and white children to the black schools."(Swann vs Charlotte-Meclanburg Board of Education). They often took kids to different schools to keep them separate. In this case it was successful and had its advantages and disadvantages. On the positive side all of the children were able to go to school and receive some sort of education, good or bad. On the negative side the children weren't given the traditional school experience with all different kinds of races. They only knew one kind. This law was more successful and did cause less trouble, but just like the others it was depriving the people of many experiences.
As stated earlier the cases that had a major impact on the Civil Rights movement like Plessy vs Fergason, Loving vs Virginia, and Swann vs Charlotte-Meclanburg Board of Education. There was the idea of separate but equal, marriage laws, and school discrimination.