Kaitlyn Hoobin
Holt
September 26, 2017
Plessy vs. Feruson and Brown vs. Board of Education There have been many cases that have shaped segregation into what it is now. Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education have the biggest impacts with their similarities, differences, and their influences on society. Plessy ended up with a 7-1 decision, Brown was a unanimous decision in the supreme court, and both cases have to do with the Separate but Equal Clause in the fourteenth amendment. Plessy v. Ferguson happened because of the Separate Car Act in 1890. This act allowed blacks and whites to travel on the same train but in different cars. In 1892, Homer Plessy, a man that is one eighth black bought a ticket and sat in the all white car. He was then arrested and he went to court. He argued that the act was a violation to the fourteenth amendment. Plessy lost twice in court and he appealed his case to the U.S. Supreme Court. On a 7-1 decision they upheld the previous decisions that the racial segregation is constitutional because of the Separate but Equal Clause (http://landmarkcases.org/en/Page/436/Summary_of_the_Decision). The Justcies voted that the fourteenth amendment was to make …show more content…
Ferguson was declared constitutional while Brown v. Board wasn't they still have some similarities. Both cases felt that the fourteenth amendment was being violated and that it should be fixed. The Plessy case showed unfair circumstances in where people rode on a train and Brown showed unfair conditions for the education of children. Both had to do with keeping the blacks separated from the whites. The Separate but Equal Clause occurred in both cases and were questioned in trial. Even with the similarities they were different. Plessy wanted to be able to ride in the same train car as the whites, and Brown wanted to be able to go to the same school as the whites so it was safer to get to. The rulings were different because of the safety of the
Holt
September 26, 2017
Plessy vs. Feruson and Brown vs. Board of Education There have been many cases that have shaped segregation into what it is now. Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education have the biggest impacts with their similarities, differences, and their influences on society. Plessy ended up with a 7-1 decision, Brown was a unanimous decision in the supreme court, and both cases have to do with the Separate but Equal Clause in the fourteenth amendment. Plessy v. Ferguson happened because of the Separate Car Act in 1890. This act allowed blacks and whites to travel on the same train but in different cars. In 1892, Homer Plessy, a man that is one eighth black bought a ticket and sat in the all white car. He was then arrested and he went to court. He argued that the act was a violation to the fourteenth amendment. Plessy lost twice in court and he appealed his case to the U.S. Supreme Court. On a 7-1 decision they upheld the previous decisions that the racial segregation is constitutional because of the Separate but Equal Clause (http://landmarkcases.org/en/Page/436/Summary_of_the_Decision). The Justcies voted that the fourteenth amendment was to make …show more content…
Ferguson was declared constitutional while Brown v. Board wasn't they still have some similarities. Both cases felt that the fourteenth amendment was being violated and that it should be fixed. The Plessy case showed unfair circumstances in where people rode on a train and Brown showed unfair conditions for the education of children. Both had to do with keeping the blacks separated from the whites. The Separate but Equal Clause occurred in both cases and were questioned in trial. Even with the similarities they were different. Plessy wanted to be able to ride in the same train car as the whites, and Brown wanted to be able to go to the same school as the whites so it was safer to get to. The rulings were different because of the safety of the