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What was the impact of this Supreme Court Case?

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What was the impact of this Supreme Court Case?

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-The decision resulted in restrictions through state law based on race, regardless of the premise stated in the constitution
-Words were twisted by state law to justify acts of prejudice
- The decision resulted in the creation of the Jim Crow laws
-Due to this supreme court decision, segregation by race existed for decades in the U.S.
-The results held a negative impact on racial equality from 1896 until the case of Brown vs. Board of education in 1954
This supreme court decision prolonged acts of racism for many years. it was a critical mistake made by the Supreme Court.

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A mere thirty-five years after slavery ended, a sophisticated and strategic group of African Americans challenged the Jim Crow Separate Car Act in the state of Louisiana by placing a fair-skinned Creole black man named Homer Plessy on the "whites only" railcar. This video presents how the landmark Supreme Court case Plessy v.

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The supreme court ruled that the constitution was upheld by the "separate but equal" doctrine. They did not agree that Plessy's constitutional rights were violated, due to a state law that said blacks should have equal rights but must be segregated from the whites.

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The reason for Plessy's imprisonment violates the 13th and 14th amendment. These amendments abolished slavery and enforces equality of races. They do not allow states to make laws depriving citizens of their "privileges ."

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Plessy, who was viewed as being of african american decent, chose to sit in the section with white passengers. When told to move he refused based on his constitutional rights. His defiance got him arrested,

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"Equal but Separate"
This law justifies racial segregation.

This law allowed for equal access to public facilities, but required segregation by race

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14th amendment
"No state shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.''

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-John H. Ferguson
-Judge of the criminal courts of New Orleans

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-Homer Plessy
-Citizen of the united states
-Resident of the state of Louisiana
-Mixed descent: part caucasian and part African American

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The constitution promotes the premise that all men should be treated equally regardless of race, religion, or political beliefs, but restrictions allowed in state laws contradict this premise as they attempt to rationalize acts of prejudice.