Friday, June 19, 2009
Day 15 - Desegregation
Research the following court cases: Plessy v. Ferguson & Brown v. the Board of Education. Brown was one of the most important court cases that the Supreme Court ever decided. Discuss the opinion in each case and how the two cases are interrelated. How would you have felt if you were an African American Student during this era?
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Both these cases were similar because they had to deal with whether or not whites and blacks can go to the the same school as each other or made to go to separate ones. The first case, Plessy v. Ferguson made it that the colored people could not go to the same public schools as whites. Now with the Brown v. Board of Education arising, that flipped the ruling of the court case of Plessy v. Ferguson and made it that coloreds and whites have equal education opportunities. If I was a student I would've felt left out because they live here just as much as a I do and we should've be different and I should have the same rights as them. Justin Grebloski
ReplyDeleteIn 1896, the Plessy vs. Ferguson Supreme Court decision said the separate but equal accommodations for blacks and whites on intrastate railroads were constitutional. This meant separate railroad cars for blacks and whites. This set legal justification for racial segregation for over 50 years.
ReplyDeleteThe Brown vs. Board of Education was actually five cases combined by the Supreme Court. These cases were combined because they all wanted the same legal remedy. These five cases were from Kansas, Delaware, South Carolina, Virginia and Washington DC. The Supreme Court ruled that separate but equal was wrong. This case helped to pave the way for civil rights movements.
The two cases are related at they deal with the same issues, but they have extremely different rulings. If I were an African American student during the Plessy vs. Ferguson decision I would have been disgusted. Just because my skin was a black should not have meant that I was different from the whites. Other people weren’t discriminated against because they were of a different nationality, or honored a different religion to this extent. If I were an African American student during the Brown vs. Board of Education decision, I would feel hopeful, excited, and look and hope for changes that might occur because of this decision.
Jessica Gregis
Plessy vs. Ferguson was a lawsuit about Homer Plessy. He got on a train and sat in the white only section and refused to sit in the colored section. Plessy argued that he was denied his rights under the 13th and 14th amendment the judge in the case ruled that Lousiana had the right to regulate railroad companies as long as they operated inside state boundaries.
ReplyDeleteThe committee of citizens, which was a group of free people of color in New Orleans, took the case to the supreme court and again they held up the ruling. They appealed to the United States Supreme Court, which ruled no case. Homer pleaded guilty and paid the fine.
In Brown vs. the Board of Education, a lawsuit of about 13 parents, on behalf of their children. They wanted to reverse the seperation of schools for blacks and whites. The court ruled in favor of the Board of Education. Supreme Court reversed the ruling, saying that seperate facilities were not equal.
Because of the rulings i Plussy vs. Ferguson it helped reverse the decision because facilities were not as nice for blacks as whites facilities were. Also the education wasn't as good for blacks either.
If I were black in that era, I would be afraid to fight for rights the way these people did. It seemed like they had so many people against them having equal rights.
To start off the cases were similar because they dealt with blacks & whites. They dealt with if they have to go to different schools for just blacks, or if whites and blacks could go to the same school.
ReplyDeletePlessy V. Ferguson was about Homer Plessy. He was a black man, that sat in the white section of the bus. Plessy said he was denied his rights of the 13th & 14th amendment. By the end of this case, blacks could not go to the same schools at whites.
Brown V. Board Of Education starts off by having a lawsuit of 13 parents for their kids. They all wanted to have it that the blacks and whites could go to the same school and not having to have separate schools. The court gave in to the board of education, then stated that separated facilities were not equal at all and they would not stand for it.
If i was black at this time, i would have felt alone. I would have been scared because you couldn't show how you felt without something bad happening to you. You wouldn't only hurt yourself you would hurt all the blacks back then. I would feel like i couldn't change anything because i was only a student.
Brandyn Coleman
Well, both the cases were kind of alike seeing as they were bother cases dealing with Whites, against blacks, and vise-versa. Against things like segregation, seperation of blacks and whites, things like that. The case was mainly against Homer Plessy. They wanted a case against him because he sat in a seat on a train he wasn't supposed to, and refused to move, kind of like the Rosa Parks Case. The case of Brown V.s. the board of EDU was a case so that Africans and Whites could have equal education and all attend the same schools even. Now if i was an african student during this time, I would be happy to actually be able to go to school with whites, because i think it would be very intresting. I would also be scared of being around them, because I know the whites, or at least most of the whites were not happy with this, so i would be scared that they would want to kill me, or harm me, or make it more difficult for me to pass through school.
ReplyDeletethey were similar in that both cases delt with wheter blacks and whites should go to they same school or should they be seperated.They were kind of opposite though the first case said thta blacks and whites should go to seperate schools. The second case said that the segregation was not equal and fair and that the blacks and whites would go to the same school. And i think if i was an african american student when this was going on that i would not fit in and be out of place and i would probly just stay with all my african american friends
ReplyDeleteBoth cases are kind of similar both dealing with whites and blacks, and wether or not they should go to school together or be seperated. The first case delt with whites and black and that they should be seperated. And the second case was they should have equal rights and both go to the same school. And if i was an african american going to school back then i probably wouldn't like it to much knowing that im not wanted there and that nobody likes me.
ReplyDeleteThe cases were similar because they both dealt with the rights of blacks. The only difference was that one case dealt with equal but separate conditions and the other dealt with desegregation of schools entirely. If I were and African American student during this time i probably wouldve been very upset and angry with the way things were going. There is no one person better than the other so no one should be treated like that. Its disgusting.
ReplyDeleteThe cases were about segregation, The first resulted in seperate but equal, and the second allowed blacks to attend schools with whites, I would have felt scared and excited to go to a better school
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