Plessy

the lowest social rank a person could be. Many cases went on during this time period related to civil rights, and many changed society forever. Civil rights have been a big part of history including three major cases: Brown vs. Board of education, Plessy vs. Ferguson, and Dred Scott vs. Sanford. Brown vs. Board of Education was case that overruled the quote "separate but equal". At this time in history black children were unable to go to school with white children. Blacks went to court arguing that

Brown V. Board of Education was one of the worst cases that was the segregation of public schools based on race. It is also the discrimination against African Americans in public facilities became legal by Plessy V. Ferguson. Brown V. Board of Education is important because it talks about the treatments towards African Americans in the United States. Since long time ago, education has been important for everyone and there was the segregation between White and African Americans. They separated African

and societal changes (radical and social modernization). Personally, I believe that the societal component of the Reconstruction Era had the most impact. From radical republicans, the passing of the 14th Amendment, Jim Crow laws, and the court case Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896. There were many changes in society that helped shape the United States into what it is today.

second-class citizens. Separate but equal, as outlined in the landmark case Plessy versus Ferguson of 1896, became a standard doctrine in the United States law. This was a defeat for many blacks because not only were the facilities were clearly unequal, but it restored white supremacy in the South. It would be years before any sense of hope would come from another prominent landmark case victory. In the case of Plessy versus Ferguson, members of the Supreme Court believed this decision for “separate

was a system to keep white Americans away from African Americans. It also gives African American a subservient status by denying equal admittance to public facilities and ensuring that black people lived separately from white people. According to Plessy v. Ferguson, The object of the [Fourteenth] Amendment was undoubted to enforce the absolute equality of the two races before the law, but in the nature of things it could not have been intended to

World War 2 after black soldiers believed they were entitled to equal treatment due to offering their military services. The first step in ending segregation was the supreme court's ruling in the case Brown vs. Board of Education which overturned the Plessy vs. Ferguson ruling. The second step in ending segregation happened on December 1st, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man. She was arrested, fingerprinted, and incarcerated. Park's

challenged school segregation in other states. The Supreme Court first heard the case on December 9, 1952 but failed to reach a decision so they reargued the case on December 7, 1953. The Supreme Court struck down the “separate but equal” doctrine of Plessy for public education and ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, and required the desegregation of schools across America. Education is possibly the most important function of state and local governments today. Attendance laws and the amount of money spent

Board of Education. This Supreme Court case argued that the Plessy v. Ferguson case was unconstitutional because it did not follow the guidelines of the fourteenth amendment. Plessy v. Ferguson states that African Americans will be separate, but equal. However, Thurgood Marshall, a U.S. lawyer, proved that they were not being treated as equals. They focused on public schools

In an American case, Brown v. Board of Education(1954) and Plessy v. Ferguson(1896), judicial activism has been seen. In both cases, the main issue was race-based segregation. In Plessy v. Ferguson, racial segregation in public facilities was considered to be equal by the Supreme Court of America, whereas in a similar case called Brown v. Board of Education racial segregation of public schooling's was considered to be unequal. In Plessy v. Ferguson the Supreme Court ruled “ separate is equal” because

For example, the Jim Crow laws, Plessy v. Ferguson 163 U.S. 537 (1896), Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), John F. Kennedy’s introduction of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Plessy v Ferguson after refusing to sit in the black car that was separated from the whites, Plessy attempted to sit in an all-white railroad car. Homer Plessy was 7/8 Caucasian. Plessy was arrested for refusing to move to an all black car and was charged for violating