The world we live in today would not be how it is if we didn't go through these three court cases. These court cases were about slavery and black rights, things we take for granted in today's society. Three different Supreme Court Cases influenced the Civil Rights Movement by declaring that under the Constitution, Dred Scott was his master's property, Segregation is universally recognized as within the competency of states in the exercise of their police powers, and Judicial enforcement of a racially restrictive property covenant is a violation of the Equal Protection clause of the 14th Amendment. This first case is about Dred Scott, he had lived as a slave with his wife for a few years and then went into a free state as a slave. They sued their owner for their freedom, the odds weren't against them, many had won their freedom like this before. This case would've gone down like those but the judges ruled, "Slaves were not citizens of the United States and, therefore, could not expect any protection from the Federal Government or the courts" (Dred Scott vs. Sanford). …show more content…
He was 3/4 white, but not white enough. There was a struggle with the conductor and the case went to court. He ended up losing the case after congress made this statement: "If the rights of both races are equal, one cannot be better than the other. If one race is better than the other, the Constitution of the United States cannot put them upon the same plane"(Plessy vs.