Edwards V South Carolina

The case “Plessy v. Ferguson” was a test of a Louisiana law’s constitutionality. It took 50 years to realize it, but the constitutionally and morally right way was to end segregation. This case was never about Plessy not being able to ride on a white only car on a train headed to Covington, Louisiana. It was about a group of black citizens trying to stop segregation from ever

John Lewis criticizes the government by stating that the civil rights measure will not protect the rights of African Americans until Title III is placed in the bill in his speech. He illustrates how innocent people of color are being treated aggressively by the police even though the actions were for peaceful purposes. Lewis vilifies that the Civil Rights Bill is not doing enough to grant African Americans their rights by emphasizing that “this bill will not protect the citizens of Danville, Virginia, who must live in constant fear of a police state” (paragraph 2). In other words, Lewis is emphasizing that the government is putting no effort into providing safety for people of color. From this, the audience can infer that Lewis believed that solution towards the government’s perspective on the rights

Ferguson case of 1896 in which the Supreme Court upheld the legality of racial segregation. At the time of the case, segregation between blacks and whites already existed in most schools, restaurants and other public facilities. In the Plessy v. Ferguson case, the Supreme Court that such of a segregation did not violate the 14th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. The 14th Amendment provided equal protection of law to all U.S. citizens regardless of the citizens race. The court ruled that the Plessy v. Ferguson case was legal as long as black and whites were equal. After this law came to be, public schools, public transportation and other public facilities were made separate; but they never had made these places equal. Equality represents what the United States stands for. We the people work together in marches, protests to oppose discrimination on the basis of race and gender. The Sacco and Vanzetti case showed the world that the how justice system in the United States really was. Sacco and Vanzetti received an unfair trial and were sentenced to death, not due to the evidence being presented, but due to their political beliefs and ethnic backgrounds. As Americans, we tend to be afraid of what happens and due to these fears we forget about what it truly means to be an American. This is the world we live in and quite some times, things are unfair; it’s the way the world

Morgan v. Virginia in 1946 challenged segregation on interstate bus services. The NAACP wanted african americans to be allowed to ride the bus with whites too. They were already allowed to ride

Freedom of Expression is a right that all Americans can joy on a daily basis, now imagine if it were a controlled right? That doesn’t make it a right, more so something that we can use when the government says so. In November of 1968, 4 students organized a silent protest against the US policies in Vietnam, which ended with suspension from their local schools. The issue was brought up in court, which led to split consensus. The majority opinion of the Supreme Court was that the expression of speech couldn’t be prohibited unless it was a disruption and harmed the rights of others. The dissent opinion stated that if freedom of speech was without a limit to an extent, who says it could lead to school being a platform for the exercise of free speech instead of education. The argument came to the conclusion of defining the rights and freedom of speech for children in school. I agree with the majority opinion, seeing the freedom of expression shouldn’t be controlled and such.

Plessey vs Ferguson- Decision by the US Supreme Court that confirmed the principle of “separate but equal” and minority segregation.

When Dred Scott v. Sandford was decided in 1857, it made an enormous impact on the United States. It riled up both pro- and anti-slavery Americans. It angered many Americans in an extreme example of judicial activism. Some say it made the Civil War inevitable. By the time the dust had settled and the 13th and 14th Amendments reversed the Court’s decision, Dred Scott could be considered one of the worst Supreme Court decisions of all time. And yet, although the case was egregiously wrong, it still can be considered a “great case”.

This case really upset many abolitionists, and helped lead to the civil war. It lead to many things, such as the John Brown Raids. It was very empowering for the southerners because it gave them hope that slavery could continue to be everywhere, and expand out west. No matter where a slave resided, they were not considered to have true freedom. This left little opportunity for slaves and northerners. Soon Lincoln took office, and he had a very strong opinion that slavery should be illegal. All of these things combined lead to the secession of the

The final ruling on the case was that Scott was denied his freedom. The court based their decision on the fact that the constitution did not give any rights and that black people were not citizens of the U.S. Without a doubt there was outrage among the black communities in the North, and everywhere else. Blacks in the North started meeting in conventions and gathering discussing how unjust the ruling was and how outraged they were over the decision. The court's ruling came as a "victory" for southerners, because it showed slaves that the road to freedom would not come as easy as a court case.

The Dred Scott Case occurred when a slaves master passed away. Dred Scott (the slave) was owned by a doctor who lived in a free state so, he acted like a free man. When the doctor died Dred Scott was in his will for his wife, his wife ended up moving to a slave state but Dred Scott got a lawyer top try to sue her for treating him like a slave. He was the first salve ever to try to sue his master. The judge, Roger Taney, basically said that a black man had no right while white can do as they please. This case caused an uproar in the North and drove the wedge between the North and the South even deeper than ever before. This case proved to the North that the government was not opposed to

The end result of the case was that "Separate but equal" was in actuality not equal at all and that at least one part of the 14th amendment which allowed " separate but equal" facilities , was overturned. Now that the case was done though there was much more to be done before the decision carried out in full. While trying to enforce this new decision there was much resistance encountered coming form the south. Events such as "Southern public

When this case was taken to state level, it sadly lost the case. They referred to the Plessy vs. Ferguson case. That case had allowed had allowed the separation between black and white. The Plessy Vs. Ferguson case stated that the separation was not violating any law or amendment. The state was allowing the separation because they said “It will better preparing the children for when they get later treated like this when there grown up." During this time, African American weren't allowed to eat in the same restaurants, drink from the same water fountains, or even ride in the same car train as white people. After losing the state case, Oliver and the NAACP didn't stop there. They took it to the next level. Oliver Brown and the NAACP took the

This whole case is about differences that African Americans faced in this time period. They had certain things they could or could not do. They would have the poorer things than the whites. They would get the old supplies like the old books and everything else. They were really tired of being treated like they were secondhand people. They deserved to be treated better than that.

Ferguson ,this case caused a lot of riot and has many acts towards it and judgement. As well ,This case was brought to the Supreme Court attention when homer plessy got arrested for sitting in a " white compartment " and was charged with violating state law because, blacks where only allowed to sit in one small section that the government provided or they got an 25 dollar fine or 20 days in jail. But at the time,this was considered acceptable because it was "separate but equal" A group of young black men who had enough of it created a group called“Citizens’ Committee to Test the Constitutionality of the Separate Car Law.” They raised money and got an lawyer" Albion W. Tourgée" to plead there case which worked and got the Louisiana state Supreme Court to make the law

This is a tough question to answer, because I believe Madison was wrong when writing to Jefferson when it comes to today’s society. Yet, I believe he was correct when pertaining the readings we have gone through in the class so far. When you look at the bill rights I think perhaps one of the most important parts is the freedom of speech. Yet, that was clearly violated in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson when Plessy was arrested for sitting on the white part of the train. You could even go further to say that he also had the right to do so under the freedom to petition section in the first amendment. A more broad or difficult approach that could be taken to try and answer this question is bringing into the conversation state power. Time and time