Separate but equal

The Plessy vs. Ferguson case caused many uproars, and speculation to occur. Without this important piece of history, we might could still be seeing the Separate Car Act to this day. They made politics, and higher authorities think of the law they passed, and eventually began to reason with a rightful constitution, and a better humanity. These eye opening men eventually made the Southern government look at segregation in another way, and change their history for the better. Not only did they act…

Laws were laws that enforced racial segregation that occurred in the South, but it did not take much affect many people referred to the Jim Crow Laws separate is not equal. This led from one event to another. In 1890, the state of Louisiana passed the Withdraw car act (Act 111,) this act required that the train railway cars were to design separate alterations for African Americans and whites. This act created two cars one set for “colored,” and the other designed for whites only, if a white…

America has been struggling for racial equality for many years, even today we struggle. Throughout history there has been lots of evidence of America’s failing for racial equality. Today it is better than it used to be, but there are still lasting effects from the struggles before. America has failed in its quest for racial 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…

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954), was a landmark case, impacting the public school system with making segregation within the school system a violation against the law. It showed how separate but equal no longer make sense in America. Leading up to the groundbreaking court case, the country was divided by segregation. In the south, there were Jim Crow Laws and the white population trying to limit the power the African-American had within the community. While in the north there…

Education, the “separate but equal” policy was officially held unconstitutional. While many celebrated the decision as a testament to upholding racial equality, Southern white nationalists were not so thrilled with the decision. Thus, they created and submitted the Southern Manifesto, a legislative document condemning Brown as a violation of the balance of constitutional power between the nation and states. Moreover, in the Manifesto legislators contended that the “separate but equal” policy…

supreme court that changed the future of the United states by eliminating the “separate equal”, giving all races the same equal treatment, and further allowing black communities to improve. The court case changed the previous ruling of “separate but equal.” Separate but equal was not ever an actual situation, but was an excuse to “justify segregating all public facilities” (History.com). The previous ruling for separate but equal was just an underhanded tactic used to keep things the way they…

law separating white and black train cars, so that they could bring the law to court. In 1896 the case went to court and both the Louisiana State Court and the Supreme Court ruled that the law was acceptable since it upheld the doctrine of “separate but equal” and that Plessy was at fault. There were many forces at play which helped push the courts towards their decisions, mainly custom, precedent, and the understanding…

with segregation between white and color, especially in the South. Even though the slavery is abolished, the discrimination still not ending. White still found their way to continued making the law to separate Africa-America from them. Africa- America who had live in southern stare doesn’t have equal right as white. White had dominated most of the place and there a little world for Color’s man. Such as both have the right to own business but White is more advanced and only White could use it.…

segregation is constitutional under the separate but equal doctrine. The second case is about Brown v Board of Education which decided that state laws requiring separate but equal schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. Both cases had a powerful effect on the precedents that we now have in today's justice system. Plessy v Ferguson established the doctrine of “Separate but Equal” and Brown v Board of Education concluded that separate public schools for blacks and…

Separate is not equal. How can separating a whole people 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…