Plessy V. Ferguson Chapter Summary

Plessy v. Ferguson This was a petition filed in the supreme court of Louisiana in 1896, by Homer Plessy, the plaintiff. He filed this petition against the Honorable John H. Ferguson, judge of The petitioner was a citizen of the United States and a descent meaning he had both white and African American ethnic backgrounds. Keep in mind that at this time Blacks were not considered equal to whites.

Brown V. Board Education was one important because it ended school segregation. Most of the people who wanted this to happen were mostly people in school. Also is mostly the African American people who wanted this changed for their own good. Also there was this time this African American family sued a school because her daughter was not allowed to be teacher in a white public school.

Throughout history there have been many acts of resilience, kindness, and courage that have impacted and changed our current society. I had the privilege to go to Alabama to take a more profound look at the history that legends such as Joann Bland, Rugenia Henry, and Martin Luther King have left behind. (add thesis + concluding sentence)

C. Vann Woodward stated the Jim Crow laws did not come about immediately after the Plessy decision, but that it took some time. He stated, “In the early years of the twentieth century, it was becoming clear that the Negro would be effectively disfranchised throughout the South, … and that neither equality nor aspiration for equality in any department of life were for him “ (6-7). The Plessy decision was made in 1896, but it took some time before Americans chose to segregate every aspect of their lives from the African Americans. This shows that Plessy vs. Ferguson had no immediate impact on the lives of African Americans, but it was a strong factor in contributing to strongly favored Jim Crow laws in the South and

Millions of people go to court to fight for something they believe in or disagree with, but don't get their voices heard. The constitution made amendments to ensure fairness and it's not right if we don't have those fairnesses. In Brown v board of education and Plessy v Ferguson they were fighting to have rights and fairness, but Plessy v Ferguson got their rights heard right away and the Brown v board of Education didn't get there voices heard in till many years after they went to court. In the 1890's Plessy got on the wrong train car and decided he didn't want to move. The authorities said that Plessy would have to pay $25 or go to jail for 20 days, so when he refused they put him in jail. This violated the 14th amendment because, its unequal that white children had better things. In 1950-1951 segregation was a big problem even with little kids going to different schools just because of the

1. Plessy v. Ferguson, Guinn v. United States, Buchanan v. Worley all dealt with the Jim Crow laws or Seperate but equal legislation. The Jim Crow laws were laws written to separate blacks and whites in public areas/meant African Americans had unequal opportunities in housing, work, education, and government. Seperate but Equal legislation was the judicial precedent established by in the Plessy v Ferguson decision that enabled states to interpret the equal protection provision of the fourteenth amendment as a means of establishing segregation. The blacks tried to take action to reduce the Jim Crow laws by trying to make life better. They developed universities, churches, political appointments and jobs.

In 1896, Plessy lost the case Plessy v. Ferguson by a vote of 7-1, which ruled that

Since the founding of the United States, there has been many supreme court cases that impacted America. Cases like Brown V Board of Ed., and Plessy V Ferguson. On May 17, 1954, Brown V board of education was a supreme Court case in which the Court declared that laws separating public schools for black and white students were unconstitutional. In 1890, Homer Plessy was arrested and tried for violating louisiana law ‘separate but equal’ by sitting in an all white railroad car, which led to the Plessy V Ferguson case.

The Plessy vs. Ferguson case and the Black vs. Board of Education are cases that were brought to the Supreme Court in order to stop the 'separation but equal' law due to the fact that colored people had the same rights as the whites but were never actually treated equally. Some people judge a person on their looks and color, and that makes people feel as if they should be ashamed of who they are but it's better to be true to who you are. These cases make people think about what African Americans had to deal with in the 1800s and 1900s and it's shows how far America has come. The cases made our world a better place by raising awareness for colored people, the cases showed that the idea of 'separate but equal' conflicted with the 14th Amendment which made it unconstitutional for children of color to attend different school facilities just because of the feeling that colored people are inferior. The Supreme Court may not have realized it at first but they eventually made the right decision, but here are some reasons that the idea of "separate but equal" didn't represent what the Constitution stands for. Segregation was and still is a problem in our world, some people just can't treat others equal, these are

On June 7, 1892, Plessy boarded a New Orleans train and sat in the “whites only” car.  Plessy then informed the conductor that he was black and the railroad officials, following through on the arrangement, arrested Plessy and charged him with violating the Separate Car Act. Tourgée’s plan was officially in motion.  In the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans, Tourgée argued that the law requiring “separate but equal accommodations” was unconstitutional as it violated the 13th & 14th Amendments. Further, as illustrated by Plessy’s arrest, there was no way for railroad companies to enforce the law. (Had Plessy not announced himself, no one would have ever known he was black.)  As Tourgée anticipated, Judge John H. Ferguson ruled

This essay will discuss Plessy vs. Ferguson, which was a case within the Unites States Supreme Court in which the constitutionality of the segregation laws of the South in public facilities was called into question.

The Supreme Court ruling on May 18, 1896 in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson established the “separate but equal” standard that would legitimize segregation based on race. The ruling would stand for nearly 58 years when on May 17, 1954 the Supreme Court would rule against segregation of educational institutions in the case of Brown v. Board of Education. This ruling would end segregation in the educational system, but left other forms of legalized segregation in place until July 2, 1964 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, ending all forms of segregation and discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. The court in 1896 felt justified in the ruling to establish the “separate but equal”

Plessy vs. Ferguson Case the principle of “equal protection” case in which the U.S. Supreme Court, on May 18, 1896, by a seven-to-one majority (one justice did not participate), advanced the controversial “separate but equal” doctrine for assessing the constitutionality of racial segregation laws. Plessy v. Ferguson was the first major inquiry into the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment’s (1868) equal-protection clause, which prohibits the states from denying “equal protection of the laws” to any person within their jurisdictions. Although the majority opinion did not contain the phrase “separate but equal,” it gave constitutional sanction to laws designed to achieve racial segregation by means of separate and supposedly equal public facilities

Caedyn Gertken HIST 109 Misuse of Power The definition of racism is slightly controversial but is important to study in order to get a better understanding of race in America. This is not to say that racism is not an issue in America. This is to say that, with the exception of a very small minority of people, racism exists and is recognized as a concept. The definition of racism as a misuse of power by institutions shows that racism is bigger than an individual person’s attitudes.

In 1896, a court ruling “Plessy vs Ferguson” this court was never equal. According to the text, when black people where in bus, store restaurants, and in schools it was never equal. Also the war end in 1965 when the civil war happened.