Examples Of Plessy V Ferguson

Throughout the history of the United States of America, a struggle to reach racial equality has been evident. The case Plessy v Ferguson made separation by race, in other word segregation, legal. But, in order for this separation to occur, an equal position or place must be present, creating the phrase “separate but equal.” Even though equal accommodations must have been present for segregation to be legal, inferiority was still strongly implied due to the separation. Due to this court case, it caused the struggle to reach racial equality much more difficult due to the legalization of segregation. The Plessy v Ferguson case originated from the arrest of Homer Plessy. He decided to sit in the car that was designated for white people, because

As stated prior, segregation and Jim Crow Laws promoted racist ideas and actions. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, examples of post Plessy v Ferguson racism is quite prevalent throughout the book. The most significant example is during the court trial scene, where Atticus proves Bob Ewell had falsely accused Tom Robinson of rape, yet still wins the trial. After the trial had been lost, Atticus states “In our courts, when it's a white man's word against a black man's, the white man always wins,” to explain how racial inequality was the decisive factor in the trial, and not the truth. This is a perfect example of the struggle for racial equality, and the town of Maycomb backs up that ideal. The town is referenced as a “mockingbird” in the book, which means that the same ideals are repeated. Unfortunately, one of those ideals involves racism, which justifies why an African American lost against a white man, even though he is one of the most disliked white men in the town. Another example from the book is during the time where Scout and Jem go to church with their maid, Calpurnia. During this scene, the

One example of this would be in the Mississippi School System case. The Cleveland School System has been segregated since 2016. Even though the 14th amendment banned segregation in schools, the Cleveland School System used tactics of creating new schools near African American neighborhoods and forcing them to go there. There were even attempts to create all boy schools to try and keep blacks males away from white females. The Federal Government discussed the issue by expressing “In a school district where approximately 67 percent of the students are black and 30 percent of the students are white, half of Cleveland's schools — the schools on the east side of the railroad tracks — are all black or virtually all black.” This statement provides the evidence of segregation of the Cleveland School System, which eventually was put to rest in