The discrimination against African Americans went as far as to make laws in order to suppress them. African Americans had to go through a lot of obstacles before voting. They had to face the constant discrimination of the Jim Crow Laws. These laws focused on restricting the both their liberty and their rights. The laws required for schools to be segregated, to separate groups of students according to their race. They also demanded for the segregation of public areas, streetcars and railroads. There were also a set of laws in which miscegenation, the crossing of different races of people, was completely prohibited. All these laws made the daily lifestyle of an African American truly miserable over countless days. People who fought for equality
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They demanded for their civil rights to be respected, just as any other citizen of the U.S. Unfortunately the courts turned their backs on them in a patronizing manner. The court stated that as long as the facilities in which they would be placed where “equals” the constitution were not being violated. They also had the guts to say that segregation was not discrimination. In 1890 the Louisiana law demanded that railroads should have the same commodities on both sides. The outraged African American community decided to put this to the test. A person named Homer Plessy was arrested for refusing to move from a seat that was designated for white people. This led to the Plessy v. Ferguson case.
The Plessy v. Ferguson case was the case that officially validated segregation in public facilities. The case began after Homer Plessy was convicted after refusing to sit in a “colored only” area and the case was brought to the Supreme Court. Plessy claimed that segregation violated both the 13th and the 14th amendment. Both of these amendments addressed slavery in certain ways. Plessy lost the case by nearly unanimous decision from the court. Though the court puts their trust in the “separate but equal” doctrine the southerners refused to give African American equal
They demanded for their civil rights to be respected, just as any other citizen of the U.S. Unfortunately the courts turned their backs on them in a patronizing manner. The court stated that as long as the facilities in which they would be placed where “equals” the constitution were not being violated. They also had the guts to say that segregation was not discrimination. In 1890 the Louisiana law demanded that railroads should have the same commodities on both sides. The outraged African American community decided to put this to the test. A person named Homer Plessy was arrested for refusing to move from a seat that was designated for white people. This led to the Plessy v. Ferguson case.
The Plessy v. Ferguson case was the case that officially validated segregation in public facilities. The case began after Homer Plessy was convicted after refusing to sit in a “colored only” area and the case was brought to the Supreme Court. Plessy claimed that segregation violated both the 13th and the 14th amendment. Both of these amendments addressed slavery in certain ways. Plessy lost the case by nearly unanimous decision from the court. Though the court puts their trust in the “separate but equal” doctrine the southerners refused to give African American equal