Positive Changes In The History Of American Education

Plessy v. Ferguson , a very important case of 1896 in which the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the legality of racial segregation. At the time of the ruling, segregation between blacks and whites already existed in most schools, restaurants, and other public facilities in the American South. In the Plessy decision, the Supreme Court ruled that such segregation did not violate the 14th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. This amendment provides equal protection of the law to all U.S. citizens, regardless of race. The court ruled in Plessy that racial segregation was legal as long as the separate facilities for blacks and whites were “equal.”

7 out of 8 judges in the Plessy vs. Ferguson case said that segregation was constitutional. The Supreme Court Case between Homer Adolf Plessy and John Howard Ferguson. The object of the case was to try to decide whether or not segregation was constitutional. Mr. Plessy was 30 years old when the case started. He was the prosecutor in the case. The case was originally called “Plessy v. The State of Louisiana”. Homer Adolf Plessy was a determined man who worked hard at abolishing segregation base on your race and would do anything, including getting arrested, to get the message out that segregation was a bad thing, and it needed to come to an end.

It was a landmark case that is historic till this day. A black man was imprisoned for not leaving a "white" only area. This case helped with the "seperate but equal" law. Although we have this law, not everybody treats other people as equal.

The author used symbolism, tone, and revealing actions to show that doomsday is in almost Unstoppable killer with no mind or thoughts and this shows that doomsday is a complete opposite of Superman. Superman is constantly thinking to himself but it also shows that doomsday has no conscience of what he is doing, or at least just doesn’t care at all.

The kids had it so bad, the only reason the kids were able to go to school was because Brown .vs. Bored of Education case; segregated schools were ruled unconstitutional.

This was court case was basically saying that the treatment of blacks separated from whites in places was equal in its own way. “The lower court ruled in this case Plessy Vs. Ferguson, that there was no discrimination against the negro if he were afforded accommodation with the white man”( ) But many people saw how the fourteenth amendment was being violated which Ferguson was trying to argue but of course Plessy won because his race made him superior, which is no surprise.

1) How did the majority opinion in the Supreme Court’s 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision legally shape race

Ferguson ruled Plessy guilty for breaking the law. However this case was also moved on to the Supreme Court because it had concerns with amendments in the Constitution. Plessy’s attorney argued that this interfered with the 13th and 14th amendment of the constitution which protects against discrimination. While this looked like a legitimate reason, but Justice Henry Brown argued that this was not the case. For the amendment protected race and the segregations that were happening did not count as discrimination but was keeping the races separated while giving colored people the same accommodations such as housing and jobs. He even argued that race would always be separated because of the colors, this in a way felt there would never be true equality. In the end, eight out of the nine justices did not support the arguments made on Plessy’s half and still ruled him

The Brown V. Board of Education impacted segregation in America because they marked a turning point in the history of race relation in the United States. The end of the Civil War had promised racial equality, but by 1900 new laws and old customs created a segregated society that condemned Americans of color to second-class citizenship.

adopted the "separate but equal" policy to segregate African Americans away from Whites and in most cases, make the best facilities inaccessible to [them]." The "separate but equal" idea was not overturned until 1954 with the Brown vs. Board of Education decision.

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.

African-Americans had hard lives because of the racial separation in schools, it made it hard for them to get good education and have opportunities to get good jobs in the future and succeed later on. Most whites were harsh on African-Americans and they shouldn't have had to live like that especially because it was just on their appearance and not there actions. In America there was a huge divide from blacks and whites that went on for more than  two centuries (Gold, Susan Dudley 7-8). The law required students in seventeen states to attend separated schools and the District of Columbia and four other states allowed the local boards to separate the students by race. The doctrine "separate but equal" said that if blacks and whites were separated they were expected to have equal rights throughout the schools  (Gold, Susan Dudley 8). Even though segregation in public schools were unconstitutional no one seemed to follow that law and went off still being unfair because of race (Matthew, Andrew, and Lisa Fields). The purpose of Brown v. Board of education was to make traveling to school for

For the majority of history, newspapers have reported hard facts. Newspapers were a trusted source that society depended on to form their own opinion. More than ever, today it seems to be more difficult to find facts or truth. Just on that statement two significant and impactful questions are raised. Why is there so much bias and discrepancies between reporting and why is society fine with this? Anyone who pays attention to the reporting that is going on, they would notice the first question, but do not take it a moment to question why the public or themselves allow it. This all ties back to newspapers because they are beginning of this disaster. Although there hundreds of colleges and universities offer reporting degrees, these two questions are the heart of the matter and affecting society negatively.

All citizens in every city, country, province, state, or other nation tend to have differing opinions about the way a government works or should work. We do not agree with each other in these aspects nor do we agree with the decisions our government makes in the end. Yet, we seem perfectly happy with our system because that is just the way it is and has been for centuries. However, it is interesting to visualize a masked man, which we will soon identify as V, establishing vigilante justice by undoing a reputable yet corrupt government, in hopes of a creating a new start for the people in his country.

Schools have changed remarkably since they were first introduced centuries ago. Continue reading in order to find out how the past has shaped education, as we know it. There are six main eras or time periods in which important things occurred for the American School System, The colonial era, The growth of public schooling, The progressive era, the segregation and Integration era, the 1960s-1970s, and the 1980- present era.