Danielle Trefz HONR259N 12 April 2011 Plessy v. Ferguson In 1892‚ Homer Plessy‚ a man of 1/8th African descent‚ bought a first class ticket and boarded a train traveling within Louisiana. Upon discovery of his mixed heritage‚ the conductor ordered him to move to the designated colored car. He was arrested when he refused to move; a violation of The Separate Car Act which required separate but equal accommodations for African Americans and Whites on railroads. Thus began the fight against the
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school or continue their studies further. During 1954‚ in Topeka‚ Kansas‚ the Supreme Court came to a critical decision that students would no longer have to be separated in school depending on race. This first dated back to a case entitled‚ Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896‚ which first allowed students to be separated by race. This short story caught my attention when given the assigned reading. I felt an instant connection to it considering that my father was faced with great difficulties while attending
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Homer Adolph Plessy v. Ferguson In 1890‚ the State of Louisiana passed Act 111 that required separate accommodations for African Americans and Whites on railroads‚ including separate railway cars‚ though it specified that the accommodations must be kept "equal". On any other day in 1892‚ Plessy with his pale skin color could have ridden in the car restricted to white passengers without notice. He was classified "7/8 white" or octoroon according to the language of the time. Although it is often
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After the Plessy v. Ferguson case in 1896‚ the statement of “separate but equal” was created‚ preventing African Americans from achieving equality. In 1951 in Topeka‚ Kansas‚ a girl named Linda Brown was forbidden from attending Summer Elementary school‚ which was the school closest to her home‚ due to the color of her skin and was instead forced to go to a school for African American children much farther away. With the help of the NAACP‚ the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People
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802 The Evolving Stance of Segregation In Plessy v Ferguson the court ruled that segregation was constitutional so long as the provided separate facilities were equal. For the next fifty eight years‚ states created laws that supported their own policies of segregation. Known as Jim Crow Laws‚ these laws continued to discriminate against African Americans across nation. It was not until 1954 when the case Brown v Board of Education when the court reached a decision to overturn segregation and ruled
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Plessy vs.Ferguson The case of Plessy vs. Ferguson started when a 30-year-old colored shoemaker named Homer Plessy was put in jail for sitting in the white car of the East Louisiana Railroad on June 7‚ 1892. Even though Plessy was only one-eighths black and seven-eighths white‚ he was considered black by Louisiana law. Plessy didn’t like this idea‚ and so he went to court and argued in the case of Homer Adolph Plessy v. The State of Lousiana that the Separate Car Act‚ which forced segregation
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2.) Black people challenged the law by enlisting the support of a black man who was almost indistinguishable from a white person. 1892 Homer A. Plessy bought a first class ticket and attempted to ride on a coach designated for whites only. Plessy was only one eighth black‚ and was arrested for violation of the law. In the case Plessy vs. Ferguson‚ Plessy’s lawyers argued that the segregation deprived him of his rights of equal protection of the law guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. Later the
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Short Essay 1. Identify and give the significance of Plessy v. Ferguson. Plessy v. Ferguson is a court case that argued for “separate but equal” doctrine which the Supreme Court decided states could segregate public buildings‚ rooms‚ and other accommodations by race in 1896. Basically‚ the Supreme Court gave the stamp of approval to legally segregate facilities such as schools‚ streetcars and trains in Plessy v. Ferguson decision. Even though‚ the Negroes and Whites had their own
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Plessy v. Ferguson Starting on April 13‚ a case of equality of faculties based on the terms of condition subjected by the constitution in the idea that he like every other white American Homer Adolph Plessy has his rights‚ privileges and immunity secured under these pretenses of the constitution. Plessy being a citizen of the United States and a resident of the state of Louisiana had mixed family background with only a small portion of African American decent although this was not discernible in
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Sarah Yerkey Brothers English 9 – Period 15 1 February 2013 Plessy vs. Ferguson Court Case In 1892‚ a man named Homer Plessy was arrested for sitting in the “whites only” section on a train. The man arrested was an octoroon‚ which means he was seven-eighths white and one-eighth African American. Ferguson‚ who was the trial court judge‚ declared him guilty. The Plessy vs. Ferguson is an important court case because of the background of the case‚ the impact it had on society
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