Plessy V. Ferguson “The law is not an end in and of itself, nor does it provide ends. It is preeminently a means to serve what we think is right” (Aaseng, 8). After the Civil War, in 1865, the US continued to remain a union divided. Although slavery was abolished, African Americans did not have the same rights as Whites. The new laws that were continuing to be passed limited the so called “freedom” that African Americans had. These laws didn’t allow Black’s do use the same facilities, vote, or sit in the same train car, as white. It wasn’t until 1892 that one man, Homer Plessy, decided to take a stand against this oppression. Plessy’s actions led him to be arrested and tried in one of the most important trials in the US’s history. The United States gained control of Louisiana much later than most territories in the United States. The US gained the territory when “President Thomas Jefferson purchased a vast amount of land
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Plessy and the committee decided to take their argument to the United States Supreme Court. This case what not short lived. The Plessy v. Ferguson case lasted for four years before it made it to the United States Supreme Court. It was 1896 when the United States Supreme Court acknowledged the case and scheduled a hearing. The Supreme Court consisted of nine men, George Shirsa, Horance Gray, Rufus W. Peckham, Edward D. White, John M. Harlan, Henry B. Brown, David J. Brewer, Stephen J. Field, and Chief Justice Fuller. All of these nine men were White. Although the Supreme Court consisted of white men, there was one man that the Committee believed, would side with Plessy.
After all of the lawyers presented their cases in 1896 Plessy and the committee could just wait. Unlike before it only took one month before the suspense was over. On “May 18th, 1896, the final settlement was
Plessy and the committee decided to take their argument to the United States Supreme Court. This case what not short lived. The Plessy v. Ferguson case lasted for four years before it made it to the United States Supreme Court. It was 1896 when the United States Supreme Court acknowledged the case and scheduled a hearing. The Supreme Court consisted of nine men, George Shirsa, Horance Gray, Rufus W. Peckham, Edward D. White, John M. Harlan, Henry B. Brown, David J. Brewer, Stephen J. Field, and Chief Justice Fuller. All of these nine men were White. Although the Supreme Court consisted of white men, there was one man that the Committee believed, would side with Plessy.
After all of the lawyers presented their cases in 1896 Plessy and the committee could just wait. Unlike before it only took one month before the suspense was over. On “May 18th, 1896, the final settlement was