Plessy Vs Ferguson essays
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The Equal Protection clause states that it will not “…. [D]eny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” The clause is violated when someone is treated differently due to their race, ethnicity, or protected class. Throughout history, the Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause has been used to strike down state laws that promote inequality and discrimination....
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Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine. The case stemmed from an 1892 incident in which African American train passenger Homer Plessy refused to sit in a car for Black people. Rejecting Plessy’s argument that his constitutional rights were violated, the Supreme Court...
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Introduction The late 19th and early 20th centuries were pivotal in shaping the trajectory of African American civil rights in the United States. Two significant forces during this era were the landmark Supreme Court case, Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), and the influential intellectual and activist, W.E.B. Du Bois. The Plessy v. Ferguson decision institutionalized the doctrine of "separate but equal,"...
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