Plessy Vs. Ferguson Analysis

Dating back to the end of The Civil War American families were forced to come to the reality that they were no longer the inferior race. The abolishment of slavery led to even more hatred between the two races. The southern families were not happy about the abolishment. Even though the government told them they couldn’t own them anymore, they weren’t going to like them. In the case of Plessy vs. Ferguson that things could be separate, but that had to be equal. In many cases for the African-Americans, things were very far from equal. In Southern and some Northern States, Blacks were forced to use separate public facilities. Many people didn’t want the two races to be mixed.
In To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom Robinson was being put on trial for the rape of Mayella Ewell. In this Alabama town, no one wanted to defend Tom. Atticus, who is the father of Jim and Jean Louise Finch, decided he was going to defend him. People of Maycomb County did not think to highly of their Black population. After taking the case many people including the family members of the Finch’s started calling Atticus names. Even Scout’s cousin Francis yelled out names at her. “If Uncle Atticus lets you run around with stray dogs that's his own business, like Grandma says, so it ain’t your fault. I guess it ain’t …show more content…
Garry’s mom even says that he isn't going to go play basketball with Julius, and that he is going to go to church with her instead because she didn’t want him to become Julius’ friend. Another example of family environment not wanting to allow the mixture of the two races was the restaurant. The man who owned the restaurant refused the service the three guys because of the color of their skin. Also, in this movie it shows the good side of families. When “Sunshine’s” dad went back into the same restaurant with all the boys so they could eat