Alex Ferguson

The case against Pokora v. Wabash Ry Co. argued in March 8,9, 1934, decided April 2, 1934. John Pokora is suing the railroad company for damages due to the injuries he received from getting struck by a train while crossing the railroad. On that day the article stated that Pokora was an ice dealer, and he had come to the crossing to load his truck with ice. The tracks of the Wabash railway are laid along Tenth Street, which runs north and south. There is a crossing at Edwards Street running east…

The supreme court case Plessy V. Ferguson transpired due to the development of the Jim Crow laws. The Jim Crow Laws were laws that enforced racial segregation that occurred in the South, but it did not take much affect many people referred to the Jim Crow Laws separate is not equal. This led from one event to another. In 1890, the state of Louisiana passed the Withdraw car act (Act 111,) this act required that the train railway cars were to design separate alterations for African Americans and…

In Thornburg, the Court rejected formalism. Instead, the Court found that the historical voting patterns of races were essential to deciding the case. The Court also acknowledged the socioeconomic data related to minorities. When courts are not constrained by the rigid requirements of formalism, it allows for a result that is better reasoned. Additionally, Courts can focus on reaching the correct result, rather than the method to reach a result. IV. A Step in the Wrong Direction—Affirmative…

The Plessy v. Ferguson supreme court case is one of the most well known landmark supreme court cases. It primarily argues the “separate but equal” segregation and Jim Crow laws that emerged post-civil war. The outcome of this case was entirely justified, at the time, because it still met the principles in the thirteen and fourteen amendments. Additionally, Plessy's argument was still undermined with the fact that the state was still keeping facilities “separate but equal.” The main people…

Homer Plessy was a 30 years old mixed race ( 1/8 black and 7/8 white) man. He was born on March 17, 1862, in New Orleans, Louisiana. His imployment was a shoe maker. If you where to look at plessy you would be supprised that he was mixed raced. He was very light and to regular people he seemed white. He had typiocal hair every white male had and color and skin tone. This all started back when plessy bought a first-class railroad car seat. When he was about to broad…

The United States prides themselves as being the land of the free, a place where people can come and live the American dream. Our country hasn’t always been free for everyone, though. African-Americans have not always been free; they were slaves before the Civil War and after the Civil War, for about 100 years, they were still treated unfairly and punished for not being inferior to the whites in their community. The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments were violated by the federal,…

Brown v. Board of Education Before, During, and After Rich in history, the case Brown v. Board of Education began a change in the direction of education for students and families. This made it possible to see the promise of educating all students equally. Brown not only changed the course of education, but also served as a vessel to begin closing the social gap between races. This paper 's intent is to bring understanding of the history prior to, during, and after Brown v. Board…

after the Civil War. The victory of the Union slowly improved the treatment of African American citizens. However, there are also laws approved later on to restrict their freedom unequally from the whites like the Jim Crow Laws and the Plessy v. Ferguson case. Many activists and protesters have fought to repeal them for better treatment and racial equality. Some were successful though some were not. Also, the end of World War II was the start of a new…

After the 1920’s World War 1 had finally ended and America was starting to return to their normal lives. However, immigrants and African Americans seemed to be a continued problem for America. Economic prosperity failed to prevent social, cultural, and political divisions between the United States. Political cartoons such as “The Menace of Modern Immigration” and “The Teapot Dome Scandal” show political divisions after the 20’s. The Monkey Trial, which also shows a cultural division between the…

Ferguson (1896) case. This Supreme-Court decision declared segregation constitutional and said that there could be separate but equal facilities for whites and African-Americans. The legitimization of segregation opened the doors for the Jim Crow Laws in…