Plessy v. Ferguson

Civil Rights Question: Plessy v. Ferguson was a case in which the Supreme Court upheld racial segregation on the basis of “separate but equal” and was seen as not violating the 14th Amendment which guarantees equal protection under the law. Under the “separate but equal” doctrine each race as equal and would receive all public accommodations and other living resource but would be separated by race. However, the 14th Amendment, mainly the Equal Protection Clause was written to protect everyone no…

and these choices are related to how they live. Sometimes people make small choices, but throughout history, there have been times when individuals had to make tough choices. For example, when the Supreme Court had to decide in Marbury v. Madison, and Plessy v. Ferguson. While the justices had to make a severe choice, none of these cases or choices were as ethical and complicated as the 2015 same-sex marriage court case. In the late 1960s, the first gay rights movement started up in New York…

civil rights. The civil rights face many tribulations and struggles, whether is segregation, racial equality, immigrant groups, Americans with disabilities, and gay Americans which put to test the civil rights. For example, the famous case of Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896 which is better known as the “separate-but-equal doctrine” (Janda. 2012 p.461). The ruling upheld the equal protection clause of fourteen amendment for blacks and whites in separation of facilities but along they were “equal but…

that created an insurmountable amount of tension between races, until it was stricken down later in history. Though the decisions of Brown v. Board of Education and Plessy v. Ferguson were the exact opposite, Plessy v. Ferguson directly influenced the decision of Brown v. Board of Education. The court case Plessy v. Ferguson was case brought by Mr. Homer Plessy, who was appealing because he believed the rail car company had no reason to move him from his car just because he was ⅛ black, meaning…

an education, a job, or respect. Though some people are not bothered by this discrimination, others constantly grapple with racial inequality. The struggle to achieve equality was made even more difficult by the legislation of racism in the Plessy v Ferguson case. Starting in 1887, states began to demand that public transportation trains provide individual accommodations for each race. If someone of a certain race did not seat themselves in the appropriate area, they would face either a $25…

black man down”. In order to accomplish taking back African American rights, white southerners used the ruling of Plessy v. Ferguson trial to allow the idea of “separate but equal”, lynching, and unfair opportunities. The Plessy v. Ferguson trial was an important trial in that it cemented the idea of “separate but equal”. The reason for the Plessy v. Ferguson trial was that Homer Plessy,…

Plessy V. Ferguson was a Supreme Court case that first laid out the idea of “separate but equal”. This court case explains the segregation laws that were set out and why blacks cannot participate in certain events. The Simple Justice film shows the various court cases and the transformation of the society leading up to the Brown V. Board of Education Topeka decision, which declared that separate public schools for blacks and whites were unconstitutional. Thurgood Marshall attended Howard…

this was not always the case. The struggle to achieve equality was made difficult by the legislation of racism in the Plessy v. Ferguson case. Homer Plessy lived in Louisiana and had pale skin. His great grandmother was an African American, so he was classified as black. The “Separate Car Act” stated that whites and blacks had to be separated in different railroad cars. Plessy bought a ticket from Press Street Depot in New Orleans to travel…

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…

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…