Plessy Versus Ferguson by https://padlet.com/sjgraziano19/qrafxc2n0yf2 The constitution promotes the premise that all men should be treated equally regardless of race religion or political beliefs, but restrictions allowed state laws that contradict this premise and justify acts of prejudice. en-us 2017-11-02 14:04:53 UTC 2023-10-14 06:23:34 UTC hello@padlet.com Thesis sjgraziano19 https://padlet.com/sjgraziano19/qrafxc2n0yf2/wish/203701022 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.

]]> 2017-11-05 23:44:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sjgraziano19/qrafxc2n0yf2/wish/203701022 Who is the petitioner? sjgraziano19 https://padlet.com/sjgraziano19/qrafxc2n0yf2/wish/203701309 -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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-Judge of the criminal courts of New Orleans

]]> 2017-11-05 23:54:46 UTC https://padlet.com/sjgraziano19/qrafxc2n0yf2/wish/203701904 sjgraziano19 https://padlet.com/sjgraziano19/qrafxc2n0yf2/wish/203702322 2017-11-05 23:59:11 UTC https://padlet.com/sjgraziano19/qrafxc2n0yf2/wish/203702322 The constitution sjgraziano19 https://padlet.com/sjgraziano19/qrafxc2n0yf2/wish/203702508 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.'']]> 2017-11-06 00:01:11 UTC https://padlet.com/sjgraziano19/qrafxc2n0yf2/wish/203702508 State law of Louisiana sjgraziano19 https://padlet.com/sjgraziano19/qrafxc2n0yf2/wish/203702782 "Equal but Separate"
This law justifies racial segregation.

This law allowed for equal access to public facilities, but required segregation by race ]]> 2017-11-06 00:04:47 UTC https://padlet.com/sjgraziano19/qrafxc2n0yf2/wish/203702782 sjgraziano19 https://padlet.com/sjgraziano19/qrafxc2n0yf2/wish/203703307 2017-11-06 00:11:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sjgraziano19/qrafxc2n0yf2/wish/203703307 Reason for arrest sjgraziano19 https://padlet.com/sjgraziano19/qrafxc2n0yf2/wish/203703939 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,]]> 2017-11-06 00:17:46 UTC https://padlet.com/sjgraziano19/qrafxc2n0yf2/wish/203703939 Plessy's argument to the Supreme court sjgraziano19 https://padlet.com/sjgraziano19/qrafxc2n0yf2/wish/203704532 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 ." ]]> 2017-11-06 00:23:52 UTC https://padlet.com/sjgraziano19/qrafxc2n0yf2/wish/203704532 Supreme Court Decision sjgraziano19 https://padlet.com/sjgraziano19/qrafxc2n0yf2/wish/203705567 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.]]> 2017-11-06 00:34:02 UTC https://padlet.com/sjgraziano19/qrafxc2n0yf2/wish/203705567 sjgraziano19 https://padlet.com/sjgraziano19/qrafxc2n0yf2/wish/203706743 2017-11-06 00:46:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sjgraziano19/qrafxc2n0yf2/wish/203706743 What was the impact of this Supreme Court Case? sjgraziano19 https://padlet.com/sjgraziano19/qrafxc2n0yf2/wish/203707030 -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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