As the only dissenting opinion in the ruling, Justice Johns Marshall Harlan, he agreed with Plessy that the act was in fact in violation of the Thirteenth Amendment by imposing a badge of servitude. Harlan was an individual who decried the views of the Ku Klux Klan—white supremacy. Harlan went on to note “Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law. The humblest is the peer of the most powerful. The law regards man as man, and takes no account of his surrounding or of his color when his civil rights as guaranteed by the supreme law of the land are involved (Duignan),” which basically implies that any act that opposes such conclusion, in retrospect the Separate Car Act, is in violation of the fourteenth Amendment. Harlan also concluded that as time went on, it
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Though majority of white communities along the southern region were opposed to the ruling of Brown v. Board, the Federal Government required that such laws be enforced by all means necessary. There are a few key examples that showcase the hesitance of these communities following the ruling, for example, the Little Rock Nine and little Ruby Bridges. These children were some of the first, if not the first, African-Americans integrated in all white schools following Brown v. Board & school segregation. These children’s lives were threatened daily; they were spat on, and some were even denied access into the school. President Eisenhower had to force school board heads and Governors to allow students to enter the school because they’d be violating the law if they didn’t; the children were frequently escorted by US Marshalls to ensure their protection. Majority of white Americans were upset because they didn’t want to integrate with African-Americans. They feared that if schools integrated, then so would everything else—They were
Though majority of white communities along the southern region were opposed to the ruling of Brown v. Board, the Federal Government required that such laws be enforced by all means necessary. There are a few key examples that showcase the hesitance of these communities following the ruling, for example, the Little Rock Nine and little Ruby Bridges. These children were some of the first, if not the first, African-Americans integrated in all white schools following Brown v. Board & school segregation. These children’s lives were threatened daily; they were spat on, and some were even denied access into the school. President Eisenhower had to force school board heads and Governors to allow students to enter the school because they’d be violating the law if they didn’t; the children were frequently escorted by US Marshalls to ensure their protection. Majority of white Americans were upset because they didn’t want to integrate with African-Americans. They feared that if schools integrated, then so would everything else—They were