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Differences Between Plessy V. Ferguson And Brown V Board Of Education

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Blake Winters
Period 1 law studies
3 October 2017 “Plessy v. Ferguson” and “Brown v. Board of Education”

Everyone has the right to be equal with one another, right? Well not In the two cases, "Plessy V. Ferguson" and "Brown v. Board of Education", they show that we are not equal, but how we can fix these issues. These cases show that we are getting closer to complete equality.

To begin, the “Plessy V. Ferguson” case was an act of protest and how a one-eighth black man purchased a first class ticket and sat in a white reserved seat. You may think that this would not be a big deal because this man is only one eight black and seven eighths Caucasian, well this created so much controversy. Just because Homer …show more content…

The people of color weren’t getting the same treatment as the Caucasian people. They weren’t even getting the same textbooks, they got outdated textbooks that were irrelevant compared to the newer ones the white kids would get. They didn’t get school supplies if they did it was very limited, maybe a pencil or even a notebook if they were lucky. Brown saw this very clearly so he decided it was time to take this to court. He went to the Supreme Court, his argument was supported by the fourteenth amendment, “The history of the Fourteenth Amendment is inconclusive as to its intended effect on public education.”, because it was separating children only for there race. Brown won his case which was revolutionary and a year later the government implemented a rule were the federal district courts had to supervise the school to see if they were segregating the children because of race.

To compare, the two cases “Plessy V. Ferguson” and the “Brown V. Board of Education” were protesting the rights of people with color and how we should all be equal even if our skin is a different color. At first Plessy’s case was ruled unconstitutional until after Brown brought his case to court and it was constitutional, so now Plessy’s case will now be signed and ratified to become a law. The case “Brown v. Board of Education” will forever be one of the most revolutionary cases of all time. If it weren’t for people like this who stand up for what they believe in then we would still be

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