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How Did Dred Scott Vs Ferguson Plessy Vs Board Of Education

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Introduction- " Take the first step in faith you don't have to see the whole staircase just take the first step". Once stated by Martin Luther King Jr. ,.Assuredly these three cases has got the United States away from segregation and discrimination Dred Scott vs Sanford ,plessy vs Ferguson ,and Brown vs. board of education.Consequently ,these three cases did not receive immediate attention actually got put down multiple times but they have really token a toll on the U.S for the better they have put colored and whites in the same school(Brown vs board of education) ,also they have also gave blacks the right to own there own property ( Dred Scott vs.sanford) ,and also gave blacks the right to sit wherever on the bus .( plessy vs Ferguson …show more content…

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 …show more content…

Nobody saw a problem with it because everything back then was "separate but equal ".Indeed ,This law got passed because the blacks were noticing that they was not getting the same treatment as the whites were .The blacks were being protected by the fourteenth amendment which protects citizens rights is why we know have mixed races in schools giving the same education

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