Homer Plessy was a mixed-race male. He was one-eighth African American. He sat in a train seat meant for whites when he was considered African American. So, He sued John Ferguson, a lawyer, and judge, for violating his constitutional rights. This case started because Homer Plessy challenged the 1875 Civil Rights act that all races were entitled to equal accommodations and facilities in public places. Plessy was removed from the East Louisiana Railroad train and arrested because he violated the separate but equal clause set in place that separated train car seats by race. It spoke about racial segregation laws and bills for places and accommodations under the separate but equal clause. The decision was ruled seven to one, not in favor of Plessy.
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Ferguson case was first argued on April 13, 1896. This case started because Homer Plessy was removed from the East Louisiana Railroad train and arrested because he violated the separate but equal clause that separated train car seats by race. So, because of this, Homer Plessy sued Judge John Ferguson. Homer Plessy sued to prove that he was white, and because of that, he should not have been arrested. The Jim Crow laws made segregation legal, as long as the accommodations were equal. Homer Plessy argued against this. “Justice John Marshall Harlan entered a powerful -- and lone -- dissent, noting that "in view of the Constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. There is no case here. Our Constitution is colorblind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among …show more content…
He lost his initial court case and then he made an appeal to the United States Supreme Court. Homer Plessy lost because the Louisiana law required the different races to be separated and it did not violate the thirteenth or fourteenth amendments as long as the facilities were equal in conditions. The case officially closed on May 18, 1896, and soon after that, the Jim Crow Laws were put into place. The Jim Crow laws were written laws that legalized segregation between African Americans and Caucasians. Black codes were also in place. These were not laws, but social codes set in place for African Americans in this time.Jim crow was a racial caste system that was mostly used in the south. This system was more than just a list of anti-black laws. Jim crow made African Americans similar to second class citizens. Jim crow was direct and clear racism.The Jim Crow system was meant to show that whites were superior to blacks in every way. This includes (but not limited to) IQ, romantic abilities, luxuriance, and accepted behavior in society. Some examples of this are, that a black person should not shake hands with a white person because it proposed social equality. African Americans were also expected not to show affection (kisses, hand holding etc.) towards each other in the presence of a white
Ferguson case was first argued on April 13, 1896. This case started because Homer Plessy was removed from the East Louisiana Railroad train and arrested because he violated the separate but equal clause that separated train car seats by race. So, because of this, Homer Plessy sued Judge John Ferguson. Homer Plessy sued to prove that he was white, and because of that, he should not have been arrested. The Jim Crow laws made segregation legal, as long as the accommodations were equal. Homer Plessy argued against this. “Justice John Marshall Harlan entered a powerful -- and lone -- dissent, noting that "in view of the Constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. There is no case here. Our Constitution is colorblind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among …show more content…
He lost his initial court case and then he made an appeal to the United States Supreme Court. Homer Plessy lost because the Louisiana law required the different races to be separated and it did not violate the thirteenth or fourteenth amendments as long as the facilities were equal in conditions. The case officially closed on May 18, 1896, and soon after that, the Jim Crow Laws were put into place. The Jim Crow laws were written laws that legalized segregation between African Americans and Caucasians. Black codes were also in place. These were not laws, but social codes set in place for African Americans in this time.Jim crow was a racial caste system that was mostly used in the south. This system was more than just a list of anti-black laws. Jim crow made African Americans similar to second class citizens. Jim crow was direct and clear racism.The Jim Crow system was meant to show that whites were superior to blacks in every way. This includes (but not limited to) IQ, romantic abilities, luxuriance, and accepted behavior in society. Some examples of this are, that a black person should not shake hands with a white person because it proposed social equality. African Americans were also expected not to show affection (kisses, hand holding etc.) towards each other in the presence of a white