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Plessy Vs. Ferguson, Brown V Board Of Education, And Loving V. Virginia

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The race to freedom- Importance of civil rights "We must learn to live together as brothers or we perish together as fools" as spoken by Martin Luther King, Jr. These very words said in a speech on March 22, 1964 in St. Louis Missouri changed some people's ignorance and views of racial inequality (Rosenberg, Jennifer). The world was forever changed in 1964 when the Civil Rights Act ended segregation and allowed for all people to be equal. These court cases are just a few of the many cases that made it possible for everyone to have equal rights: Plessy v Ferguson, Brown v Board of education, and Loving v Virginia. The supreme court case of Plessy v Ferguson encouraged the Civil Rights to occur because black people wanted to have the experience of being served equally. In 1892 Homer Plessy, a 1/8th black 7/8th white man, was jailed for sitting in a railroad car that was designated only for whites, however in court he stated that the state law was unconstitutional. John Ferguson a Criminal District Judge ruled against him and consequently the case was taken to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court upheld the Louisiana law requiring restaurants, hotels, …show more content…

To explain, Chief Justice Earl Warren believed separate educational facilities are inherently unequal, even more they were a violation of the 14th amendment and were therefore unconstitutional. This ruling marked the end of the "separate but equal" precedent set by the Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson and sparked the Civil Rights movement during the 1950s. The Brown v. Board case as a result effected the United States in regards to race relations in criminal justice, the political process, and the separation of church and state (Brown v. Board). Without doubt, even though segregation of schools was illegal it did not guarantee the end of segregation within

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Case Brief - Plessy v. Ferguson Homer A. Plessy v. John H. Ferguson was a US Supreme Court case between Homer Plessy, the plaintiff, and John Ferguson, the defendant. The year this case took was place was 18961. This case almost entirely deals with the Louisiana Law passed six years prior that provided “equal but separate” railway carriages for white and colored races. The constitutionality of this law was brought into this case as Homer Plessy, who refused to sit in the colored only rail car, argued it violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

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The Plessy vs Ferguson court case originated in 1892. On June 7, 1892, Homer Plessy was jailed for sitting in a white car of a Louisiana train. Despite his white complexion, Plessy was considered to be “octoroon” which meant that he was 7/8 white and 1/8 black. Plessy intentionally sat on the white car and announced himself a black. Plessy challenged the separate car act which required that all railroads operating in the state provide “equal but separate accommodations” for White and African-American passengers and prohibited passengers from entering accommodations other than those to which they had been assigned on the basis of their race.

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The Plessy v. Ferguson case is another example of segregation. In 1892, a black shoemaker named Homer Plessy was jailed for riding in a “white” car in Louisiana. Plessy was considered a Creole of Color because his ancestors traced back to French, Spanish, and Caribbean settlers of Louisiana. The case arose from resentment among black and Creole residents of Louisiana. He went up against the state of Louisiana saying that the Separate Car Act violated the 13th and 14th amendments.

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Decided in 1896, the Plessy v Ferguson law was a landmark constitutional law case of the US Supreme Court. This case upheld state segregation laws for public places under the belief of the slogan “separate but equal.” It all began when Homer Plessy purchased a first class ticket to travel from New Orleans to Covington, La, taking a vacant seat in a white only car. This was ironic because he was seven eighths percent white and one out of eight percent black. He was arrested for breaking the law of 1890 stating that colored and whites have to sit in separate car’s riding a train due to the slogan separate but equal; emphasizing that everyone has the right to ride a train as long as they sit different cars (McBride, 2007).

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Plessy v. Ferguson/Background In 1891 a group of people in New Orleans formed the Citizens’ Committee to test the constitutionality of the Separate Car Law. Homer Adolph Plessy, agreed to be the plaintiff in the case, aimed at testing the law’s constitutionality. On June 7, 1892, Plessy bought a ticket on a train and took a seat in a whites-only car. When he was told he had to sit in the car for blacks, he refused.

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Plessy v. Ferguson The Supreme Court of Plessy v. Ferguson, argued on April 13, 1896, involved a man identified as Homer Adolph Plessy. Plessy was a man of seven - eighths Caucasian and one - eighths of African descent in the State of Louisiana who was denied to sit in a passenger train car reserved for “whites only.” The case questioned the Supreme Court whether Louisiana’s law mandating racial segregation infringes the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.

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Ferguson case. Firstly, Ferguson had previously ruled the Louisiana Railway Car Act, this act declared that Louisiana railroad companies had to provide separate but equal train carts for white and black passengers. Also, Ferguson presided over the case of Homer Plessy v. The State of Louisiana. Later, Ferguson then found Plessy guilty of not leaving the white train car and declared that the Separate Car Act was in this case constitutional. Finally, 50 years after everything occurred relatives Plessy and Ferguson united to create a foundation that provides civil rights education, preservation, and

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Many historians credit Earl Warren for being one of the first Supreme Court Justice’s that took a stance against segregation but other historians would differ with the fact that Warren’s efforts affected segregation only to a certain extent. His efforts led to other civil rights movements but his and the court’s decisions did not directly change segregation because schools were still very segregated. Because, Chief Justice Warren presided over the court that overturned the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, and thereby ended legal segregation, he should be credited with helping to put an end to segregation, at least to a certain degree. However, the results of the Brown v. Board case really only set the stage for the Civil Rights Movement to begin,

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Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896), a case regarding constitutional law of the US Supreme Court, that was upheld on a seven to one vote. Homer Plessy (1862-1925), an African American passenger on a train, sat in the whites-only train and declined when told to sit in the Jim Crow car, this action broke Louisiana law, The Separate Car Act. Judge John H. Ferguson (1838-1915) of the Criminal Court of New Orleans, the defendant, upheld the law, which was being challenged by the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendment. Ferguson was an American Louisiana judge and lawyer who served in many cases, but is most known for Plessy v. Ferguson.

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Ferguson” helped to cause the civil rights movement because the conditions of the ruling were in fact separate, but were not equal. The ruling did not respect the rights of the citizen as an individual. It was brought up again in a later court case in 1954, “Brown vs. The Board of Education”. This case argued that segregated schools also violated the 14th amendment. It overturned the “Plessy v. Ferguson” “Separate but equal” ruling.

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Equal, however separate adjustments for blacks and whites as expressed by the state of Louisiana, does not go against the equal protection clause as founded in the Fourteenth Amendment (Plessy v. Ferguson 1896). Facts of Case: Homer Plessy, who was part white and part black took a seat in a whites only railway car. At this this time, Louisiana had enforced a law that forced separate railway cars for blacks and whites. When approached by law enforcement, Plessy refused to get off of the train. Because of his refusal, he was arrested and fined (Plessy v.

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Plessy V. Ferguson The Plessy V. Ferguson trial was a civil rights case in Louisiana in the 1890’s concerning an African American man who refused to sit in a Jim Crow car. The courts ruled that Louisiana's separate but equal doctrine was constitutional; Ferguson won. This case affected humanity in a negative way culturally and politically. The trial established standards of “the separate but equal laws”.

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Supreme Court Decisions Setting Precedent Discrimination may not seen as big a problem today, but people had to fight for that problem, and court cases set precedents for today. The case of Plessy versus Ferguson and Brown versus Board of Education helped change the way we view discrimination today. The case of Plessy versus Ferguson decided that segregation was legal as long as everything was equal. But on the other hand, Brown versus Board of Education included separate but equal schools made African-American children feel inferior to the white children. 1896, Supreme Court heard the Plessy versus Ferguson case.

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Board of Education, the case that was based on the separation of races at school. The Supreme Court ruled on the side of Brown, ruling that the practice of segregation was unconstitutional but refused to apply its decision in the Plessy v. Ferguson case. Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote the opinion for the court and case. The justices acknowledged that public education was “central to American life” (Street Law, inc, “Landmark cases of the U.S. Supreme Court). They called it “the very foundation of good citizenship” (Street Law, inc, “Landmark Cases of the U.S. Supreme Court)

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Plessy v. Ferguson had upheld segregation of our society. This case was in Louisiana a southern state, which had enacted a Jim Crow law the Separate Car Act which made whites and blacks have to ride in separate trains. Mr. Plessy was a mixed race man who was mostly white and was arrested for sitting in the all white train and refusing to move. This happened in 1892 and Plessy was brought to Criminal Court in New Orleans, where Judge Ferguson had upheld the law. Plessy challenged this ruling and was brought to the supreme court of the United States.

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