Plessy v Ferguson

The Plessy v. Ferguson case took place in 1896 when a man named Plessy sat in the “White” section of a car in the train. He was arrest and was put on trail. Plessy went to court and argued that the separate cars violated the Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution. The judge

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Board case the court felt that it was wrong for keeping children of the same age from attending school together. (pg, 242)” Since we plainly had the law that stated that we can not discimicrate then why did the Plessy decision separate but equal pass? During the Plessy case they sated that “the object of the fourteenth Amendment was undoubtedly to enforce absolute equality of two races before the law, but in the nature of things it could not have been intended to abolish distinctions based upon color… (pg, 242)” This statement helped the Supreme Court rule against Plessy because the amendment never sated that you can’t have separate places. at this time was John Howard Ferguson. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. To separate them from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone. A little girl named Linda Brown was a black girl attending a public school in Topeka, Kansas. Her father was outraged and wanted something to be done. This incident just set off everything and African Americans wanted there right and not just separated but equal rights they wanted everything to be “EQUAL” so they brought it to the Supreme Court. When being denied from the white public school they brought this to the Supreme Court. This was nonsense for her to travel this far by herself to get to school everyday when there was a white school only blocks away from her house. How can you keep someone from sitting in the same spot as a white person? How can you sit there and tell children that we are one nation when blacks and whites are totally divided into two nations. This case was one of the most important cases in America’s history. For example the American Federation of Teachers felt that it was wrong to sit there and teach white children and black children in different ways.

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