Alex Ferguson

the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional, and that moving to a free state does not free a slave. This set a dangerous precedent that then allowed for people to capture slaves in free states, and take them back to a slave state. The Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) case was the case that had ruled that “separate public facilities for black citizens did not violate the Constitution as long as the facilities were equal.” This allowed for restaurants, trains, restrooms, etc. to be separated by color.…

Ferguson case of 1896. Plessy bought a first-class ticket to ride the train and boarded a "whites only" car (Plessy v. Ferguson). After Plessy took a seat in the whites-only car, he was asked to remove himself, and sit in the blacks-only car. Plessy refused and was arrested instantly. He was charged and had to pay a fine (Plessy v. Ferguson). That was until in 1954 the Supreme Court reversed Plessy’s case. Under the new…

The case of Plessy v. Ferguson was based on the circumstances under which Homer Plessy bought a first class train ticket and deliberately sat in the train car reserved for whites, even though he was one eighth black. Homer was working with a group of people whose intention was to purposely get someone arrested for breaking the Louisiana law separating white and black train cars, so that they could bring the law to court. In 1896 the case went to court and both the Louisiana State Court and the…

While many Supreme Court cases challenged Jim Crow laws and segregation nationally, the cases of Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 and Browder v. Gayle in 1956 contested these laws particularly. Jim Crow laws, originated from Black Codes and promoted “separate but equal” segregation in the United States between 1876 and 1965. These laws came about after the Reconstruction period and led to unfair treatment in comparison to what was given to Americans of European ancestry, which led to the…

equal rights for everyone. In my assignment, I will be discussing some of the events that occurred in this era of time and including some of my knowledge of them. I will be breaking up my events into three sections, going from the cases of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) and Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954) to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Right Act of 1965 and lastly Affirmative Action. These cases had a tremendous impact on the Civil Right Movement, they opened doors…

American passengers (Encyclopedia Britannica Inc., 2016). At Plessy’s trial in U.S. District Court, Judge John H. Ferguson ruled that Louisiana had the right to regulate railroad companies while operating within state boundaries. This resulted in Plessy’s being convicted and sentence to pay a fine of $25. With a seven-to-one majority vote, the U.S Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson advanced the controversial “separate but equal” doctrine for assessing the constitutionality of racial…

delivered the opinion of the court, also stating basing facilities upon race create inferiority among African American children that proved to be damaging to both their education and growth. This decision overturned the decision made in Plessy v. Ferguson that declared “separate but equal” constitutional. The second decision in Brown v. Board of Education was decided on May 31, 1955. This decision determined what means should be used to implement the principles announced in the initial Brown v.…

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…

3) If Karl Marx and Emile Durkheim were sitting beside Steve Bogira in Courtroom 302 for the year spent observing the activities associated with Judge Locallo’s docket, Marx and Durkheim would not be too happy with Locallo. Marx would be upset on how the system is working because it looks like it is created to keep the minority population behind the bars. Marx would think that our current system is created to separate the wealthy from the poor or the white from the black. For example, in the…

“We conclude that, in the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place.” “Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.” The case of Brown vs the Board of Education is a case that help changes the lives of African Americans. Brown vs the Board of Education helped to end segregation in schools, the railroads, and other public works throughout the state of Mississippi. This case began in 1954 and was known as one of the most important cases in history. It…