Plessy Vs Ferguson Essay
Unconstitutional
February 23, 2010
HIST 1320.260
In the two Supreme Court decisions of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) and Brown v. Board of Education (1954), had many similarities and differences in the final outcome. Both of the cases wanted to make it clear that it is unconstitutional for segregation in the States. In the Supreme Court Case, Plessy v. Ferguson, and Brown v. Board of Education, they both dealt with the thirteenth and fourteenth amendments. These amendments merely stated that segregation was illegal. Both cases dealt with segregation in public accommodations. The Plessy v. Ferguson case dealt with segregation in railroad cars and Brown v. Board of Education dealt with segregation in public schools. Congress in the …show more content…
In the Plessy v. Ferguson case, people were believed that they were set free by the passing of the thirteenth and fourteenth amendments of the constitution, but little did they know, the government could always find a way around them. The “Separate but Equal” law took its way in the country. This allowed whites and coloreds to be separated without breaking the law. This is how they separated schools, restaurants, and even public transportation. Needless to say Homer Plessy lost the small battle in the court, but he was soon to change the government’s eye on such segregation based on one’s race and ethnicity. In the Brown v. Board of Education, the government looked over the old court case of Plessy v. Ferguson and saw that they did not go on what was stated in the constitution, that they went off the “separate but equal” doctrine, since it stated they were given equal and substantially equal facilities. In the Brown v. Board of Education case, they oversaw this doctrine and stated that it was separated educational were inherently unequal. They had to see that American public education was way too important to make it separated and hold back people from getting the same education as everyone
February 23, 2010
HIST 1320.260
In the two Supreme Court decisions of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) and Brown v. Board of Education (1954), had many similarities and differences in the final outcome. Both of the cases wanted to make it clear that it is unconstitutional for segregation in the States. In the Supreme Court Case, Plessy v. Ferguson, and Brown v. Board of Education, they both dealt with the thirteenth and fourteenth amendments. These amendments merely stated that segregation was illegal. Both cases dealt with segregation in public accommodations. The Plessy v. Ferguson case dealt with segregation in railroad cars and Brown v. Board of Education dealt with segregation in public schools. Congress in the …show more content…
In the Plessy v. Ferguson case, people were believed that they were set free by the passing of the thirteenth and fourteenth amendments of the constitution, but little did they know, the government could always find a way around them. The “Separate but Equal” law took its way in the country. This allowed whites and coloreds to be separated without breaking the law. This is how they separated schools, restaurants, and even public transportation. Needless to say Homer Plessy lost the small battle in the court, but he was soon to change the government’s eye on such segregation based on one’s race and ethnicity. In the Brown v. Board of Education, the government looked over the old court case of Plessy v. Ferguson and saw that they did not go on what was stated in the constitution, that they went off the “separate but equal” doctrine, since it stated they were given equal and substantially equal facilities. In the Brown v. Board of Education case, they oversaw this doctrine and stated that it was separated educational were inherently unequal. They had to see that American public education was way too important to make it separated and hold back people from getting the same education as everyone