Todd S. Purdum: The Struggle Of Equality
The Struggles of Equality
"The Civil Rights Acts changed everything about ordinary life for black Americans all over the country," said Todd S. Purdum, author of "An Idea Who's Time Has Come." The Civil Rights Movement was the beginning of black and white equality. The movement centered on the American South since that's where the majority of African Americans were located. Train and bus transportation as well as education were affected by segregation. During the Civil Rights Movement, three Supreme Court decisions were made which had a large impact: Plessy Vs. Ferguson, Brown Vs. Board of Education, and Swann Vs. Charlotte- Mecklenburg Board of Education. The case of Plessy vs. Ferguson was a notable decision by the Supreme Court requiring racial segregation in public facilities. Passengers on Jim Crow carriage cars were considered "separate but equal" according to an 1890 Louisiana Statue. Plessy, being considered an African American without ignorance to the law, tried to sit in an all-white railroad car and consequently got himself arrested. Judgment by Justice Ferguson was against Plessy due to the common practices being carried out in the state. Plessy felt that blacks were labeled inferior because of his experience, and therefore believed the segregated facilities conflicted …show more content…
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education case in order to find a guarantee that it be effective and reasonable. There wasn't any immediate progress made after the decision in Brown vs. Board of Education. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg system had 14,000 black students at schools that were more than 99% black resulting in the busing of students to help solve the imbalance. The court ruled that quotas be met, that schools be watched closely, that they had control of attendance zones, and finally that there wouldn't be such strict bus guidelines for busing students to particular
"The Civil Rights Acts changed everything about ordinary life for black Americans all over the country," said Todd S. Purdum, author of "An Idea Who's Time Has Come." The Civil Rights Movement was the beginning of black and white equality. The movement centered on the American South since that's where the majority of African Americans were located. Train and bus transportation as well as education were affected by segregation. During the Civil Rights Movement, three Supreme Court decisions were made which had a large impact: Plessy Vs. Ferguson, Brown Vs. Board of Education, and Swann Vs. Charlotte- Mecklenburg Board of Education. The case of Plessy vs. Ferguson was a notable decision by the Supreme Court requiring racial segregation in public facilities. Passengers on Jim Crow carriage cars were considered "separate but equal" according to an 1890 Louisiana Statue. Plessy, being considered an African American without ignorance to the law, tried to sit in an all-white railroad car and consequently got himself arrested. Judgment by Justice Ferguson was against Plessy due to the common practices being carried out in the state. Plessy felt that blacks were labeled inferior because of his experience, and therefore believed the segregated facilities conflicted …show more content…
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education case in order to find a guarantee that it be effective and reasonable. There wasn't any immediate progress made after the decision in Brown vs. Board of Education. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg system had 14,000 black students at schools that were more than 99% black resulting in the busing of students to help solve the imbalance. The court ruled that quotas be met, that schools be watched closely, that they had control of attendance zones, and finally that there wouldn't be such strict bus guidelines for busing students to particular