Plessy v. Ferguson-The Plessy v. Ferguson trial initially began when the state of Louisiana passed the Separate Car Act in 1890 which made it legal to separate common train carriers. Homer Plessy (a Black man) purposely sat in the Whites- only section in 1892. Homer was shortly arrested and the Plessy v. Ferguson case began. Plessy v. Ferguson was the Supreme Court case that established the “Separate But Equal” laws in the United States in 1896. This decision set the standard that separate facilities (i.e. restrooms, public transportation etc.), for blacks and whites were in fact legal, as long as they were equal in accommodations.
Civil Rights Act of 1964-The Civil Rights Act of 1964 initially banned all racial discrimination in public places. This Civil Rights Act empowers Dept. of Justice with greater authority over local school and voting issues. This Act also prohibits employment discrimination. Which means no employer can deny an applicant due process of their application based on biases of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and nation origin.
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President Lyndon Johnson ran for the presidency in the election of 1964 and elected in a landslide victory. President Johnson used this election to push for more stronger-voting right laws. The act initially banned the use and practices of literacy test, as well as “provided for federal oversight of voter registration in areas where less than 50 percent of the nonwhite population had not registered to vote”.
Feminism-Feminism is the female advocacy of women’s rights to be equal to that of their male counter parts. Feminist believe that women should have the same opportunities and representation as men in political equality, wage equality as well as during the 1960s voting equality among the sexes which led to the 19th