Plessy Against The Court
Think of a time when people were separated by the way they looked and the way they were born. During the twentieth century, many African Americans were discriminated because of their race and were separated from others in many ways. Others would determine where they belonged in society by the color of their skin. At this time, state legislatures promoted an act called the “Separate Car-Act” supporting that the 13th and 14th Amendment do not count against transportation separation. A man named Homer Plessy tested how far it takes to change the way the South is controlled. It is evident that the “Plessy V. Ferguson” trial is directly caused by Plessy's actions.
To start, the “Plessy V. Ferguson” trial is directly caused by Plessy's original intentions on the train. Homer Plessy was able to buy a train ticket for only Caucasians. Since Plessy was seven-eighths Caucasian and only one-eighths African American, he was able to pass through as Caucasian. Plessy was asked to move out of the train seat, but when asked he heavily refused the officer. Dawn M. Sherman, in his American History journal article, “ Plessy V. Ferguson,” explains that Homer “On June 7, 1892, Homer
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Ferguson” trial played a huge role in changing American History. The trial showed how corrupt the state laws were but also showed how corrupt the court was run as well. After the trial ended, it was able to give hope to many different americans to be able to change the way we treat one another as a whole instead of the way we look. It affected the way laws were formed and how the court was able to prosecute someone not based on the color of their skin. Even though the trial was not on a huge global scale of an issue, it was truly the push that set off a wild fire for change in the near future of America. Clearly, the trial played a huge role in changing history as it used to be and changed many discrimination laws against African