Equal Rights Amendment

In the mid 1800’s segregation played a big role in society. All public areas such as restrooms restaurants and schools were separate but not equal like the law said it should be. Even the railways were segregated, there were different railway cars for blacks and whites. The only exception was that nurses working on children of the opposite color were allowed to sit in the different compartments. A penalty of twenty-five dollars or up to twenty days in jail was the consequence for sitting in the…

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…

the work force have been fighting for equal pay for over 100 years. In 1869, a bill proposed equal pay for women in the federal work force. It was passed through the House of Representatives by nearly 100 votes, but was watered down in the Senate to only include new employees. However, the bill wasn 't enforced and women working federal jobs were still paid less than men. New York state passed the Grady bill in 1891 stating that all teachers must receive equal pay. During World War 1 and 2 the…

equality by denying the rights of African-Americans throughout history, and not treating them equally. Starting from the beginning, the first piece of evidence would be the failure of Reconstruction Amendments. Reconstruction Amendments were supposed to be a constitutional basis for equality for all men. They were also supposed to give a lot more rights to more people, remove slavery, give citizenship rights, and also give the right to vote to former slaves. These amendments failed to provide…

“separate but equal” doctrine of the Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), African Americans finally gained their first step to actual equality, specifically in school. The “separate but equal” doctrine established separate facilities, including separate schools, for blacks and whites that were said to be equal, but were not. In fact, whites only schools provided much better education than blacks only schools. The separate school systems were inherently unequal and therefore failed to acknowledge the Equal…

their race, deprives them of their rights stated in the 14th Amendment? In 1954, 17 southern and border states (including the District of Columbia), required by law for their schools to be segregated. 4 more states (Arizona, Kansas, New Mexico and Wyoming) allowed for creation of racially segregated schools. According to the Supreme Court's ruling in the Plessy v Ferguson case of 1896, public school could be segregated as long as they were "separate but equal", meaning that they were granted…

The United States Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal" took place in 1896 known as the Plessy vs Ferguson act. The Plessy V. Ferguson did not make it to where blacks and whites had all the same rights, but at the time, they thought that it was a good decision. Little did they know, less than a hundred years later would we be trying to integrate white and black schools. It…

The government assumes that handicaps will create a more equal society in which one individual does not have more power/intelligence over another individual. “The minute people start cheating on laws, what do you think happens to society?” (P.23) Once laws are broken and are no longer enforced, the result would be a chaotic society. Laws are used to form a society of equal opportunity and aid the idea of equality. People are no longer equal once laws are not used as guidelines to improve…

Plaintiffs conclude that segregation was unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Brown case served as a spark for the civil rights movement, inspiring education reform everywhere, and changing the legal means of challenging segregation in all areas of society. In all except for one case, a three judge federal district court cited Plessy vs. Ferguson in denying relief under the “separate but equal” doctrine. Plaintiffs concluded that in an appeal to the…

Constitution is held proud in American and is essential because it shows documentation of what our rights and liberties are. The Founding Fathers motives in creating the constitution were to create a more democratic society. For example limiting the power of government insuring we all have domestic tranquility, and ways to create a unbiased government. The impact of these decisions was a more equal society and a uniform government. One of the main motives for creating the Constitution was to…