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    At a time when the Black community is being afforded a free status‚ but not one of equality‚ many leaders arise out of the woodwork to appeal to the white governing body for social equality. The transition from the ninetieth century to the twentieth century gives birth to two of these leaders‚ Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois. These two men are both working to achieve a common goal‚ but the roads on which they’re each traveling to get there differ significantly. Booker T. Washington and W

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    Background: The Brown Vs. the board of education case had a big impact on many other similar cases as Mr. Brown’s and on history itself. This case brought many people to see that the segregation of schools did not help the students learn at all‚ but more hindered than helped. In the 1950’s‚ public places were segregated. There were black schools where only colored students were allowed to go. Then there were white schools where only white students went. Many white schools were often near colored

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    successful during the first Brown case in 1954‚ the judgement of desegregating public schools was not enforced leading to the Brown case 2 which did successfully enforce the ruling. The judgement overruled the Plessy V Ferguson case of 1896 which allowed Jim Crow Laws. Plessy V. Ferguson was essentially the beginning of the ‘separate but equal’ ideology. Although a success in terms of “de jure” discrimination‚ it is important to remember

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    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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    involving race relations. One prominent court case was Plessy vs. Ferguson. This 1896 court case decided that states had the legal right to segregate public facilities. In 1899‚ the court ruled that schools could only be erected for white children. Brown vs. the Board of Education of Topeka‚ Kansas was one of the most important decisions made by the US Supreme Court. This ruling on May 17‚ 1954 overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson. This court case ruled that the segregation of public schools was

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    protection clauses. Racial discrimination in education or schools directs the attention to any harassment of students based on color‚ race or national origin. Discrimination can be caused by administrators‚ students or teachers. In 1896‚ the Plessy v. Ferguson Court case denied the right to African Americans to be present in public places like bathrooms‚ schools‚ hotels‚ hospitals‚ restaurants etc because African Americans and whites were segregated and were not allowed to share the same public places

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    are able to live. James Ferguson in his book Give a Man a Fish‚ as well as Kathryn Edin and Luke Shaefer in their book $2.00 a Day: Living on Nothing in America analyze the welfare system at work‚ respectively‚ in South Africa and in America. Both books attempt to offer solution

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    We are going to examine the book Never going back by Gord Ferguson. He was sent to Smith Falls hospital at the age of 10 and was institutionalized until the age of 26. Gord Freguson has played a big role in advocacy for diabled people. The first concept I am going to discuss is institutions from week 5 unit 3 part 3. In the early 1800’s until institutions were closed a lot of disabled people were sent there. Gord Ferguson lived at the Rideau Regional centre in Smith Falls for 16 years. These people

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    Facts: The Negro plaintiffs in these cases were denied admission schools attended by the white children under the laws requiring or permitting segregation according to race. All the court adhered to the “separate but equal” doctrine and held that the plaintiffs were not admitted to the white schools (except for the plaintiff in the Delaware case). In the instant cases‚ the plaintiffs contend that segregated public schools are not “equal” and they are deprived of the equal protection of the laws.

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    case was a major civil rights victory because it was ruled racial segregation in public educational facilities are unconstitutional. This event brought an end to federal tolerance of racial segregation. In 1896‚ the Supreme Court ruled in Plessy Vs. Ferguson believed "separate but

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