Although he was partly white, Louisiana law still considered this man a Negro. As a result, Homer Plessy was arrested by a detective and taken to the Criminal District Court of New Orleans. There, Judge John Ferguson issued the penalty required by law. Still, Plessy appealed and took his case to the Supreme Court of Louisiana; and then to the U.S. Supreme Court, where he referred to the Fourteenth Amendment (22). Finally, on May 6, 1896, the Supreme Court delivered its verdict. With a vote of seven to one, the Court maintained Plessy's conviction. Henry Billings, Associate Justice stated that meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment was undoubtedly to enforce the absolute equality of the two races before the law. but could not have been intended to abolish distinctions based on color. (22) He continued by stating that the segregation of the two races did not mean to imply that either race was inferior to the other in any way. Brown then stated that all laws should be followed and upheld for the promotion for the public good, and not for the annoyance. or a particular class. However, he added that a law demanding the division of races on public railways is no more obnoxious to the Fourteenth Amendment than that acts of Congress requiring separate schools for colored children in the District of Columbia. (22) Finally Brown concluded his opinion by stating: If one race be inferior to the other socially, the Constitution of the United States cannot put them upon the same plane. (23) The Supreme Court's first major confrontation with the battle against segregation in the Plessy vs. Ferguson case ruled that separate, but equal facilities did not violate the demands of the Constitution. This caused a chain reaction throughout the United States. Many of the states began to pass laws that demanded racial segregation in every aspect of life. These separate, but equal laws were passed for restaurants, in voting; but most importantly, public education (U.
The decisions in Supreme Courts such as Plessy vs. Ferguson and the Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education decision all played key roles in our American Civil Rights Movement. ... By this time in 1954, the Supreme Court has outlawed school segregation in the Brown v. Topeka Board of Education case. ...
The great court decision, "Brown vs. the Board of Education," called for the integration of the country's public schools. ... Almost thirty million people owned televisions by this time so it was no surprise that America fell in love with shows like "The Ed Sullivan Show," "I Love Lucy," "Dragnet," and "Lassie." ... The Cleveland Browns defeated the Detroit Lions to win the NFL championship. ...
The great court decision, "Brown vs. the Board of Education," called for the integration of the country's public schools. ... Almost thirty million people owned televisions by this time so it was no surprise that America fell in love with shows like "The Ed Sullivan Show," "I Love Lucy," "Dragnet," and "Lassie." ... The Cleveland Browns defeated the Detroit Lions to win the NFL championship. ...
The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950's is considered begin with the court case of Brown vs. the Board of Education. ... When Oliver Brown attempted to enroll his daughter into a white elementary school because the distance to a colored school was too far, she was denied acceptance. ... Ferguson was undecided the court ruled in favor of the Board of Education. ...
Supreme Court declared, in Brown v. ... Of course, the Brown decision did not miraculously desegregate schools. ... Bibb County, Alabama, Board of Education v. ... School Board of Richmond, Virginia v. ... Before Brown, they had been segregated in schools that were under funded and had fewer course offerings than white schools. ...
