practical and could end slavery however‚ a thought is never the same when put into physical use because there are unforeseen obstacles that cannot be avoided such as the invention of sharecropping‚ the lynchings of blacks‚ the court case of Plessy v. Ferguson‚ the formation of the Ku Klux Klan‚ “Jim Crow” laws‚ and the cooperation of white southerners to adhere to these new laws. In the minds of Radical Republicans the idea of reconstruction was positive and geared towards ending slavery and discrimination
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Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896)‚ is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision‚ upholding the constitutionality of state laws‚ requiring racial segregation in private businesses‚ particularly railroads‚ under the doctrine of Separate but Equal. The research within this paper‚ seeks to examine the effects of Plessy vs. Ferguson‚ on modern American and African American thought and culture both then and now. Specifically‚ the paper will focus on the trauma associated with the act of alienating
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The introduction of the Civil Rights Movement originated with the Brown v Board of Education of Topeka‚ Kansas in 1954. This monumental case was taken to court by well known‚ distinguished lawyer Thurgood Marshall who worked closely with National Association For the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) after an incident was reported of a African American elementary school aged student‚ Linda Brown‚ was denied admission to an all-white elementary school (Tompkins). At the time‚ Kansas’ state legislation
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which officially segregated the whites from the black. It wasn’t until 1896 in Plessy vs. Ferguson that black people even began to see equality as an option. Nothing changed in the world until 1954 when the historical ruling of Brown vs. The Board of Education that anything changed. Until then‚ all stores‚ restaurants‚ schools and public places were deemed separate but equal’ through the Plessy vs. Ferguson ruling in 1896. Many cases just like the Brown vs. Board of Education were taken to the
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The Progressive Era was a pivotal time in American history filled with reform and activism. Taking place from the 1890’s to the 1920’s‚ the Progressive Movement landed right in between the Gilded Age and World War One. The political‚ social and economic reforms of the Progressive Movement addressed many of the problems of the gilded age by creating a more democratic political system and a government that was more responsive to the needs of the people; however‚ the movement failed to address the problems
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separation‚ “while masquerading as providing separate but equal treatment of both white and black Americans‚ instead perpetuated inferior accommodations‚ services‚ and treatment for black Americans.” The Board of education used the result of the Plessy v. Ferguson trial in 1896 when a black man was removed from a train for sitting in the Jim Crow section. He was turned down 7-1. The majority decision of the court was decided on May 17‚ 1954. The trial resulted in an
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is more active and participates in molding the policies of American society. It can be argued that during the end of the Civil War and the "Separate but Equal" era‚ in cases such as the Brown v. Board of Education‚ Baker v. Carr‚ Missouri ex. Rel. Gaines v. Canada‚ and Sweatt v. Painter. The more recent‚ Bush v. Gore case is a good example of judicial activism. Judicial Restraint is the idea that the Court should not place its views on other branches of the government or the states unless there is
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Bibliography: Beaver‚ Erin ‚ Melissa Reily‚ and Neil Snyer. "Blacks in the Civil War." Accessed April 28‚ 2012. http://www2.coloradocollege.edu/Dept/HY/Hy243Ruiz/Research/civilwar.html. Cozzens ‚ Lisa . "Plessy v. Ferguson." Last modified September‚17‚1999. Accessed April 28‚ 2012. http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/post-civilwar/plessy.html. PBS‚ "Dred Scott ’s fight for freedom." Accessed April 28‚ 2012. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2932.html. PBS
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Cited: Brown‚ Rosemary. Overcoming Racism and Sexism-How? Ottawa‚ 1990 Dred Scott Decision. Independence Hall Association in Philadelphia. Copyright 2012 www.ushistory.org/us/32a.asp Macionis‚ John J. Sociology. Boston: Pearson‚ 2010. Print. Plessy v. Ferguson. http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0163_0537_ZS.html
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Again we see this trend with both the 13th and 15th amendment. In terms of the 13th‚ the case of Dred Scott v. Stanford comes to mind. We see the court rule and state that Americans of African descent were not American citizens and therefore could not sue in federal court. Along with that we also again see racial segregation upheld in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson‚ as I talked about previously. Although there were no cases that directly overturned the Dred Scott case or the Plessy case‚ the fourteenth
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