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Should Brown vs Board of Education have overturned the Plessy vs Ferguson court case?
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What was the essential question in the Plessy v. Ferguson case?
The question raised in the Plessy v Ferguson and Brown v Board of Education Supreme Court cases was that of racial segregation. Is it okay, and if so, how should it be done? In Plessy (the earlier case), it was determined that segregation was okay as long as the facilities and education were equal. In Brown (the later case), it was decided that legalized segregation is *inherently* unequal, and it was forbidden.
What was the question raised by plessy and brown?
The question raised in the Plessy v Ferguson and Brown v Board of Education Supreme Court cases was that of racial segregation. Is it okay, and if so, how should it be done? In Plessy (the earlier case), it was determined that segregation was okay as long as the facilities and education were equal. In Brown (the later case), it was decided that legalized segregation is *inherently* unequal, and it was forbidden.
What was question raised by both Plessy and Brown?
The question raised in the Plessy v Ferguson and Brown v Board of Education Supreme Court cases was that of racial segregation. Is it okay, and if so, how should it be done? In Plessy (the earlier case), it was determined that segregation was okay as long as the facilities and education were equal. In Brown (the later case), it was decided that legalized segregation is *inherently* unequal, and it was forbidden.
The Supreme Court's 1954 decision in Brown v Board of Education of Topeka suggested that?
Segregated schools for blacks and whites are unfair
In 1954 Supreme Court decided?
schools needed to desegregate (apex)
When did the US Supreme Court rule to separate African-Americans and whites?
In Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896) the US Supreme Court ruled 7-1 with 1 abstention that the separation of races black and white was legal. It was called "separate but equal," as a way of justifying the supposed equality of it.It was not equal but stood as the law of the land until the 1954 Brown vs the Board of education of Topeka , Kansas case which overturned separate but equal and required black children to be allowed to go to schools with white children.Unfortunately many many school districts in the south and elsewhere reacted by creating private school districts, funded by the white citizens and parents, thus preventing the intent of Brown vs Board of education, which was for children of all races to go to school together to further racial "harmony."
What tried to convince the supreme court to declare that segregation is illegal under the constitution?
The lawyers in the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education (1954) argued that segregation in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. They sought to convince the Supreme Court that the "separate but equal" doctrine established in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) should be overturned, as it perpetuated racial inequality and denied African American students equal educational opportunities. Ultimately, the Court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, declaring segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
Should California's three strikes law be overturned?
no. no.
Who was Homer Plessy and what role did he play in the Plessy v Ferguson case?
Plessy v Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)Who was Homer Plessy?Homer Plessy was a citizen of New Orleans, Louisiana, classified as an "Octoroon" by 19th-Century standards, meaning he was one-eighth African in descent. Plessy had one black grandmother, a Haitian "free woman of color," named Catherine Mathieu, who married and bore eight children with Homer's French Caucasian grandfather, Germain Plessy. Homer was very light-skinned, and said his African heritage was "not discernible."Plessy belonged to a group of New Orleans' African-American professionals, the Citizens Committee, that deliberately staged confrontations over Jim Crow (segregation) laws in Louisiana.What role did Homer Plessy play in the case?In 1890, the Louisiana State Legislature passed the Separate Car Act (Act 111), which enforced "separate but equal" travel accommodations in railway transportation. The Act stated: "...all railway companies carrying passengers in their coaches in this state shall provide equal but separate accommodations for the white, and the colored races, by providing two or more passenger coaches for each passenger train, or by dividing the passenger coaches by a partition so as to secure separate accommodations" Violation of the law was a misdemeanor crime punishable by a $25.00 fine or a 20-days jail sentence.Daniel Desdunes, one of the leaders of the Citizens' Committee, was first to challenge the law. He purchased a first-class ticket from the Louisiana & Nashville Railroad to travel from New Orleans, LA, to Montgomery, AL, across state lines. Before his case could be tried in court, however, the Louisiana Supreme Court voted to uphold federal Interstate Commerce Clause regulations prohibiting segregation in railway transit, rendering Desdunes' case moot.The Citizens' Committee raised $3,000 to finance a second dispute, and enlisted New York attorney Albion Tourgee, a well-known former judge and civil rights activist, to provide advice and legal counsel. Tourgee suggested the next attempt to challenge the law should be made by someone with a light complexion, a suggestion that offended some members of the Committee.Homer Plessy was selected as an appropriate candidate to challenge the law. Plessy purchased a first-class ticket on the East Louisiana Railroad on June 7, 1982, boarded the first-class "whites only" railroad coach, and took a seat. The trip was entirely within the state of Louisiana, so the Railroad was required to follow State, rather than Federal, laws.Because Plessy did not appear to have any African-American heritage, the Committee conspired with the East Louisiana Railroad, which wanted the Separate Car Act overturned for economic reasons, to challenge Plessy's right to sit in the segregated coach. They also hired a private detective to ride along and make a citizen's arrest, to ensure Plessy was charged with breaking the law.When the conductor made his rounds to check tickets, he asked Plessy if he was white or "colored." Plessy replied that he was "colored." Railroad officials conspiring with the Citizens' Committee insisted Plessy remove himself to the Jim Crow car; Plessy refused; and the private detective arrested him on charges of violating the Separate Car Act.Plessy was brought before Judge Ferguson in the Criminal District Court for the Parish of New Orleans, but refused to enter a plea. His attorneys, Tourgee and local counsel John C. Walker, argued the law was unconstitutional under the Thirteenth Amendment. Judge Ferguson found Plessy guilty and fined him $500.Plessy's attorneys appealed to the Louisiana Supreme Court, which affirmed the lower court decision, then to the US Supreme Court. At that point, Plessy's active role in the case was complete.For more information, see Related Questions, below.
Should alex Ferguson get the England job?
He would never take it; Ferguson will end his career at united or simply end it.
Help with worse case of discrimination?
Pretty subjective question, however a case could be made that the internment of Japanese Americans during WW II was at least one of the worst case of discrimination, for a specific span of time lasting approximately 8 years from 1941 through about 1949. A stronger case can likely be made that the decision of the 1896 US Supreme Court in the Plessy vs Ferguson case resulted in one of the longest institutionalized racism periods in US history. The case resulted in the Separate vs Equal Doctrine to be permitted in public conveyances in the US from 1896 until the Brown vs (Kansas) Board of Education case in 1954 overturned the Separate vs Equal decision. In the Plessy vs Ferguson case the US Supreme Court, by an 8-1 vote, held that it was not unreasonable for the State of Louisiana to not permit black people to ride in the same train cars as whites. Justice Harlan who later was followed on the Supreme Court by his son, John Harlan, was the lone dissenter. His opinion, which should be read by all who value civil rights, is considered a classic in legal reasoning in arguing against segregation. The reasonsing was that by having their own cars, separate, the blacks were not being treated unequal. It took 60 years for that principle, Separate vs Equal, to be overturned in the Brown case..in which the Warren Court held that blacks must be allowed to go to the same public schools as whites.
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