Alex Ferguson

Explain the difference between the Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) Supreme Court Case and verdict from the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS (1954) Supreme Court case and verdict. (Hint- Explain what Amendment both cases use as the basis of their arguments) In the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court case, Homer Plessy was the plaintiff in this case. Homer Plessy decided to travel on June 7, 1892 between New Orleans and Covington, La. He paid for a first-class ticket with a vacated seat in…

ability to make important distinctions between complicated issues that arise throughout time. In particular, there were two monumental cases that brings about change in perspective. Plessy v. Ferguson and Bradwell v. Louisiana both indulge in constitutional debates that shaped our current perspectives. Plessy v. Ferguson case reiterated the separate but equal clause, that the constitution is "color-blind," and that the facilities as long as they were equal, can be separate. In Bradwell v.…

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,…

In 1896, a supreme court case known as Plessy v. Ferguson ruled that the separation of whites and blacks into “separate but equal” public facilities, was fair and legal. Once formed, these separated schools were anything but equal, from both a quality of education, and a future opportunity aspect. However, in 1954 the Supreme Court overruled the previous decision made in 1896, in a case known as Brown v. Board of Education (Topeka, Kansas.) The case involved a man named Oliver Brown, who was the…

Desegregation Debacle: The Unintended Consequences of Brown v. Board of Education In the aftermath of the civil war, reform and subsequent legislation were implemented in an attempt to improve equality for blacks. However, these actions failed to leave a lasting improvement in civil rights for African Americans. After the Plessy v. Fergusson decision in 1896, any previous gains were negated when the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of separating peoples by their races provided they…

In his article, Pilgrim later states, “Unfortunately for blacks, the Supreme Court helped undermine the Constitutional protections of blacks with the infamous Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) case, which legitimized Jim Crow laws and the Jim Crow way of life.” Even though these laws were clearly in breach of the 14th amendment, Congress passed the “Separate but Equal” doctrine, allowing states to divide public facilities and to…

The Dream “We American Negros should know…until Africa is free, the descendants of Africa the world over cannot escape their chains… the NAACP should therefore put in the forefront of its program the freedom of Africa in work and wage, education and health, and the complete abolition of the colonial system” W.E.B Du Bois, a prominent Civil rights advocacy figure in the NAACP said this after returning to the United States after the fifth Pan-African Congress conference. The Great Migration…

other White try to make a movement about this unjust treatment. They want to make a change. They want all people should be treated all equally no matter what they are and what color skin they belong to. For those reasons, it was lead to Plessy vs. Ferguson court case in 1896 that was the first court case that hold discrimination between white and color under the…

There is still a clear, though no longer in print, rule that allows for this accommodation using the infamous “Separate but equal” used to win the case in Plessy v. Ferguson. Transgenders are currently experiencing the same situation colored people did almost 60 years ago. They are also bound to the decision made in Plessy v. Ferguson, even though it was overturn decades ago. Transgender individuals are free to use any necessity as long as they do not utilize the same facilities as their…

Among the grievances were exclusion from a hotel dining room; refusal of admission to a New York City opera; segregation to lower-quality seats in a theater; and removal from a train car set aside for white women. All of these indignities were violations of rights enumerated in the 1875 legislation. The Supreme Court analyzed these cases in view of the Fourteenth Amendment and concluded the Amendment was not designed to apply to private citizens or private organizations, but only to the federal…