Plessy v. Ferguson

Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education Segregation is one of the problems that the United States have had for years. The Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education the two cases that changed the course American History. The majority in both Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education cases are one of the main reasons why these case were found unconstitutional. Another reason why they were found unconstitutional was because they violated the Fourteenth Amendment. The…

segregated into separate schools, transportation, bathrooms, drinking fountains, beaches and many more places. Later on, the Plessy vs. Ferguson case was established. This case developed when Plessy was arrested for refusing to leave an all-white car. Plessy is mainly white and one eighth black, but he was considered black under Louisiana’s law. Plessy was found guilty by judge Ferguson.…

group and treating them less than human make them equal. Everyone is equal and we should treat everyone the same. The U.S is founded on opportunities and the pursuit of happiness. How can they pursuit if they don’t even have the opportunity. Plessy vs. Ferguson shows us that there is a whole lot of hate in this country, when it should be love over hate. In 1890 the Louisiana State Legislature passed the Separate Car Act, a law that required "equal, but separate" train car accommodation for…

Dred Scott V Sanford & Plessy V Ferguson Slavery was a horrific drawback and set a bad reputation for the U.S. Many people didn’t receive their full rights until long after african americans were deemed free and equal to white mankind. Have you ever wondered how the U.S. became the free country it is today? Where any man or women can live with life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Well unfortunately the U.S. wasn't always like this. For instance, the Dred Scott VS Sanford supreme court…

3) If Karl Marx and Emile Durkheim were sitting beside Steve Bogira in Courtroom 302 for the year spent observing the activities associated with Judge Locallo’s docket, Marx and Durkheim would not be too happy with Locallo. Marx would be upset on how the system is working because it looks like it is created to keep the minority population behind the bars. Marx would think that our current system is created to separate the wealthy from the poor or the white from the black. For example, in the…

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…

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…

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…

Martin Luther King Jr delivered a speech on August 1963 called “I Have Dream” on the March unto Washington D.C. As a result of the Jim Crow law, communities were segregated. One man changed that, Martin Luther King Jr. He started a movement that led up to his “I Have A Dream” speech. This speech impacted over 250,000 people, that brought unity and liberty. Dr King’s speech impacted many due to the cause that the whole movement was approached in a nonviolent manner. Dr. King’s speech solved…

Prior to, and even during the African-American Civil Rights Movement of 1954-1968 , the United States of America saw a separation between their Blacks and Whites, as a result of the practice of the Jim Crow Laws which promoted the idea that the Blacks were lesser than the White . This saw the rise of two prominent African-American Civil Rights activists, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. Though the two activists had a common goal (which was racial equality), their ideas of equality and…