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The 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson "decision set the precedent that 'separate' facilities for blacks and whites were constitutional as long as they were 'equal.'" (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_plessy.html) In Homer Plessy's case, the law applied to railroad cars…

Plessy v. Ferguson The Plessy V. Ferguson was a case between Homer Plessy and Judge John H. Ferguson and the law. This case had to do with Homer refusing to follow the orders of what is said to be the law. But the law was the one who was violating two amendments made to give rights to African-American and blacks. This also had a big impact on "Separate but Equal". This brought the attention of the Supreme Court of how much segregation is happening to blacks. It also shows us that this is…

what is unjust or wrong. Someone writing a dissenting opinion may agree with the final decision, but not the reasoning behind it, or believe that the decision is completely wrong. One of the most important dissents in American history was Plessy v. Ferguson, in which: the 14th Amendment’s goal of equal protection extended only so far as political and civil rights, not social rights. Justice Harlan wrote the dissent for this case stating that all citizens are equal before the law, and that…

Historical Context The segregation in education began with Plessy v. Ferguson of 1896. Plessy v. Ferguson, “which upheld the doctrine that ‘separate but equal’ facilities for blacks and whites were constitutionally permissible, justified separate (usually inferior education of African American children in both the North and South” (Cusher, 2015, p. 38). The segregation of schools continued until 1954. The ruling of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka laid the foundation of desegregation in the…

Historically, kings were solely responsible for the well-being of their kingdoms. Although they had a court with whom they consort on occasion, the king held the ultimate power and little could be done or said to question his authority. Most nations that were formerly ruled by kings, however, now have some sort of constitution in place that prescribes a more democratic approach to government. The role of royals, in such cases, is now more to serve as the face of their kingdoms. The royalty…

Segregation plays an enormous role in the history of America. During the nineteen fifties white American children had access to neighborhood schools, whereas black children had to travel several miles outside of their neighborhoods to go to school. In some instances, black children were ten minutes away from a nearby all white school, but had to travel an hour by car to go to an all-black school. This was happening before Brown v. Education was taken into effect, now known as a landmark in…

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…