Separate But Never Equal: Plessy Vs. Ferguson

In this book, Barber and Zelter use a lot of different sources whether it be biblical or historical. There are uses of bible verses are there to ground their arguments on a religious basis and historical references such as Martin Luther King or the court case Plessy v. Ferguson to give us historical context. Their sources also consist of the North Carolina Constitution and Declaration of Right, to show the hypocrisy of the political officials that govern. He uses all these sources to explain where the power really lies, and this is the power of the people. They use secondary source with news are article of the event in North Carolina in the early 2000s and primary source with speeches from MLK and Supreme Court cases. Barber offers sound evidence

In 1890, the Separate Car Act was enacted in the state of Louisiana requiring whites and non-white Americans to travel in separate railway cars. As a result, a passenger, Homer Adolph Plessy took a seat in a “whites only” car in one of the Louisiana trains and refused to move to the “blacks only” car and was subsequently arrested despite being only a eighth black.

Plessy vs. Ferguson impacted America in both unfortunate and strong ways. It all started in 1892 were a man named Homer Plessy refused to sit in a Jim Crow car that was for blacks only. According to the laws of Louisiana Homer broke one of their segregation laws. Even though Homer was 7/8 whites and 1/8 black he was still arrested and taken to jail. Plessy made a compliant that later on let to a case. Judge Ferguson ruled against his argument that making Plessy sit on a separate seat violated his constitutional rights. Afterwards Homers lawyer insisted to the Supreme Court that the Louisiana’s separate car act violated the 13 and 14th amendment, which were abolishing slavery and grand citizenship rights to U.S citizens, unfortunately the Supreme

7 out of 8 judges in the Plessy vs. Ferguson case said that segregation was constitutional. The Supreme Court Case between Homer Adolf Plessy and John Howard Ferguson. The object of the case was to try to decide whether or not segregation was constitutional. Mr. Plessy was 30 years old when the case started. He was the prosecutor in the case. The case was originally called “Plessy v. The State of Louisiana”. Homer Adolf Plessy was a determined man who worked hard at abolishing segregation base on your race and would do anything, including getting arrested, to get the message out that segregation was a bad thing, and it needed to come to an end.

The landmark case of Plessy v. Ferguson is a Constitutional case in which it had to be decided who the constitution meant when it said "all men are created equal." This case is very important to our constitution and to the people being governed by the constitution because it brought up issues that hadn't been discussed in the U.S before. This case shows the degree of federalism and how much the government paid attention to it. The amendments in the constitution do not apply to a simple race or ethnicity. Throughout history laws have been made and destroyed at the cost of colored people, in the Plessy v. Ferguson case it is shown that due to the thirteenth and fourteenth amendments all citizens have equal protection under the law. Plessy was denied his right, as well as other colored people because they belonged to different bathrooms, they belonged to different train cars and they belonged to different water fountains at this time in history, but Plessy'

Laws are enforced to provide our society with safety, boundaries, protection of rights, and overall justice. The United States Constitution and Bill of Rights were established years ago to reduce the tensions and conflicts of our newly founded nation. It sought out to accomplish this by providing justice through an equal voice for all citizens. However, this equal voice for justice more often times than not is squandered and diminished. Things such as race, religion, and culture often times blur the lines of the law and fair outcomes in a court. Individuals feel that their beliefs are more important than the protection of rights and the deliverance of law or the law itself cannot go outside of its limitations to provide justice. This is apparent in the court cases of Marbury v Madison, Plessy v Ferguson, and the book To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee. These cases clearly exemplify that the law does not always provide justice, although it endeavors to do so.

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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.

The Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson is known for having established the precedent of “separate but equal.” The case originated in Louisiana and was specifically made to the separate passenger cars that were for the black and white races. The Supreme Court, in this case, upheld the right of Louisiana to separate the races and “this decision provided the legal foundation to justify many other actions by state and local governments to socially separate blacks and whites” (Zimmerman, 1997). It was not until the famous Brown v. Board of Education case in 1954 that the highest court in the land outlawed the principal of segregation and the concept of “separate but equal.”

The state of America for the past six decades after Plessy v Ferguson suggest to me that it was just a nation divided by race. There was definitely more mistreatment towards black,and equality wasn't a reality. Though both races had the opportunity to enjoy the same things, there was certainly a difference in the quality of the experience. For example the white people probably had the newest version of things while the blacks had the hand-me- downs. For the next six decades it was a up hill battle for the black community to reach equality and the same opportunities as

In the Plessy vs. Ferguson case which occurred in 1896s, the United States Supreme Court had legalized segregation in public facilities provided that facilities for blacks and whites were equal Constitutional laws known as “Jim Crow” forbade black-colored people from sharing the same buses, schools, and other public facilities as whites, creating “separate but equal” doctrine. The term mean that the black people and white people are racially segregated while maintaining equal opportunities to both race. Yet, In a social context, they are stills treated differently because access to services opportunities, public places and legal rights are not the same for the blacks and the whites. This has been applied for 6 decades. In the early 1950s, the

This fact shows that not only were they prevented from going places, they were taxed for things the other people weren't and given tests based on their intelligence skills. It's some of the many laws that restricted the rights of African Americans. They couldn't vote and then was given tests knowing that they didn't really have the knowledge like many of the other people had. This law was apart of the laws that was in place to keep blacks and whites segregated.

Not all students are given an equal opportunity, especially in the social category race. If a student didn’t view himself white, or viewed as white, he or she wouldn’t receive an education equal to a white student. In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the courts ruled that he was not white even though he was seven-eighths white and one-eighth black. Adding to this problem was that a majority of southern states adopted a drop of blood policy, that classified anyone an African, no matter how distant the ancestor. What also was a problem was that all different types of people call themselves all different types of races. Many immigrants from Mexico and Cuba identify themselves as Hispanic, or Latino and Latina, but 87% of Americans born in Cuba and 53% born in Mexico identified themselves as white. Instead of race, many immigrants identify themselves by their countries of origin or world

Racism has been a part of our country since the early ages. Historically, racism and equality have been central issues that have divided our country. Many actions from the past such as the decision in the Plessy versus Ferguson case, and present day actions like The Mississippi school system case have been the ongoing battle in today 's society. The struggle to achieve equality was made even more difficult by the legislation that is now considered racist in the Plessy versus Ferguson case.

As the article first brings up, on public transport, such as busses, black were always made to sit in the back. This way, whites could sit in the front of the bus and get off sooner. If no seats were available, blacks had to stand and give up their seats so whites could be comfortable. It wasn’t only public transport this happened however. It was also seen in water fountains and restaurants; certain areas being designated for blacks.