| 1892The U.S. Supreme Court: the highest
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| | the land until 1954, when it was finally,
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| court in the land. Their job: to decide
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| | successfully overturned by Brown v. Board
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| the constitutionality of cases. But is
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| | of Education. In 1954, a little girl
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| that what they are really doing? Can we
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| | named Linda Brown in Topeka, Kansas had
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| trust that their decisions are just? Two
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| | to walk 5 miles to school. She didn't get
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| important cases in history can help
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| | recess and could not play with any of the
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| answer this question. A 1896 U.S. Supreme
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| | other children who were all white. Her
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| Court case, Plessy v. Ferguson, made
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| | parents filed a case to the U.S. Supreme
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| facilities and schools separate based on
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| | Court saying that there is no way blacks
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| race. In another case in 1954, Brown v.
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| | and whites could get equal education if
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| Board of Education, the court reversed
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| | they were separated. The court ruled that
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| its decision and said that separate was
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| | separate is not equal.The amount of time
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| not equal. These two cases teach two
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| | between Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v.
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| lessons about the U.S. Supreme Court.
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| | Board of Education shows just how long it
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| Plessy shows that our justice system has
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| | took to get justice for blacks from the
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| failed at times to establish justice.
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| | Supreme Court. It amazes me that our
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| Brown shows that even though the Court
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| | government could even question if blacks
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| rules justly, justice isn't
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| | have the right to justice. It should be
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| guaranteed.Many events led up to Plessy
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| | basic knowledge for us to know that it is
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| v. Ferguson. For example: after the
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| | wrong to treat any people so unjustly.
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| Congress withdrew federal troops from the
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| | Just to prove my point here are some
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| South in 1877, conditions for blacks
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| | questions you can ask yourself: are
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| deteriorated. The government pushed
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| | blacks human beings just like whites? Do
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| blacks into an inferior position. The
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| | blacks and whites both have feelings and
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| government took action to prevent blacks
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| | needs? And finally, is the only
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| from voting immediately.They embarked
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| | difference between blacks and whites is
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| poll taxes, "grandfather clauses". They
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| | that they have a different complexion? I
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| also segregated on trains, in parks,
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| | am confused as to why so many people,
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| schools, restaurants, theaters, swimming
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| | including Justices on our Supreme Court
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| pools, and even cemeteries. If blacks
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| | would not answer yes to all these
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| broke these segregation laws, they were
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| | questions. How could anyone who had any
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| likely to end up either in prison or
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| | intelligence think it was acceptable to
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| dead!The case of Plessy v. Ferguson was a
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| | treat blacks differently?Fortunately the
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| very important case in American History
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| | Court did come to its senses in Brown v.
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| because it enforced segregation even
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| | Board of Education. Yet just because The
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| making it legal, and made segregation a
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| | U.S. Supreme Court ruled that separate is
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| concrete reality for the people of the
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| | not equal it did not mean that blacks
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| United States. It began with a man called
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| | were automatically treated equally. After
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| Homer Plessy. Plessy was 7/8 white and
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| | Brown v. Board of Education happened,
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| only had 1/8 drop of black blood in him,
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| | there needed to be the Civil Rights
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| but under Louisiana law, was considered
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| | Movement, in which many people were
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| black. In 1890, Louisiana passed a law
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| | involved to push society to change. Two
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| providing that "all railway companies
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| | people who led the Civil Rights Movement
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| carrying passengers in their coaches in
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| | were Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa
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| this state shall provide equal but
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| | Parks. We must acknowledge that it wasn't
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| separate accommodations for the white and
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| | only those people, there were others
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| colored races, by providing two or more
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| | working and helping the same cause. There
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| passenger coaches for each passenger
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| | were many ways that they impacted The
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| train, or by dividing the passenger
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| | Civil Rights Movement. They gave
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| coaches by a partition so as to secure
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| | speeches, wrote letters, led marches,
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| separate accommodations." Plessy believed
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| | held meetings and many other strategies.
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| that the law was unjust and so he
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| | They also endured mental and physical
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| challenged the law by refusing to leave
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| | hardships. Only through the Civil Rights
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| the white railroad car. He was arrested
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| | Movement did the promise of Brown
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| and taken to trial. At this trial he
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| | actually get achieved. These people were
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| argued that the Separate Car Act violated
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| | poor, wealthy, high class, low class,
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| the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments
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| | black, some white, short and tall.
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| to the Constitution. But he was found
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| | Basically, there was a wide range of
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| guilty. Plessy then appealed the decision
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| | different kinds of people. Not everyone
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| to the Supreme Court of Louisiana. Again
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| | automatically changed their frame of mind
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| his case was upheld. Plessy appealed
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| | when The U.S. Supreme Court ruled
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| again in 1896 to the Supreme Court of the
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| | separate is not equal. There were still
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| United States. Homer Plessy was found
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| | many people out there who were racist and
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| guilty once again. The impact of the
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| | wanted to keep blacks in an inferior
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