Plessy v. Ferguson AND Brown v. Board of Education

What are examples of Jim Crow laws?

Blacks and white people can't play games together, can't get married, a black person can't be handcuffed to a white person in jail.

Why is Plessy v. Ferguson so important?

It allowed states to create segregation laws because now the top court in our country said it's ok. This legally allows segregation for the next 60 years according to this decision segregation is not against the constitution.

Why was this such an important decision?

It's important because Plessy vs. Ferguson was overturned. This means that segregation can be fought in the courts now.

The Supreme Court decided against the person/people who brought this case to court.

Plessy vs. Ferguson

This court case involved segregated train cars in Louisiana.

Plessy vs. Ferguson

This court case legalized Jim crow laws.

Plessy vs. Ferguson

This court case was decided in 1896.

Plessy vs. Ferguson.

why did Homer Plessy use the 13th amendment as a defense argument

(freed the slaves) separate train cars make blacks inferior and that was also the purpose of slavery.

why did Homer Plessy use the 14th amendment as a defense argument?

14th amendment-(all citizens have equal protection under the law) separate trains means that they aren't equal under the law)

This court case claimed that segregation violated the amendment that promised "equal protection under the law."

Both

This court case involved segregated schools in Topeka, Kansas.

Brown vs board of education

This court case overturned an earlier decision about whether or not segregation could be considered a violation of the constitution.

Brown vs board of education

This court case was decided in 1954.

Brown vs. Board of education

This Supreme Court Case combined the similar court cases of 12 different families into one.

Brown vs. board of education

14th Amendment

Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws

What is the Supreme Court?

Highest court in the US

What were Jim Crow laws?

Laws that segregated (seperated) black people from white people.

What was the organization of lawyers that helped organize and fight the Brown v. Board of Education case?

NAACP helped organize and fight for the case.

The Supreme Court called for US schools to be desegregated with "deliberate speed." Did that happen?

Schools were not integrated (desegrated) very quickly.

What does "Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. . ." mean?

Separate does NOT mean equal. It means that separated schools can never be equal.

Who was the lead lawyer in this case?

Thurgood Marshall

What did the Supreme Court decide in the Brown v. Board of Education case?

The supreme court decided that the 14th amendment (eqaul protection under the law) is violated by segregation in schools. This meant that schools in America needed to integrate as segregation violates the constitution.

what were theU.S. Supreme Courts reason for why they did not feel that Plessy's rights were being violated?

They said that his rights were NOT violated because there was a train car for both races. This makes it "separate but equal" which means that blacks are treated the same as whites.

what does "We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal has no place" mean?

This means that segregation in schools shouldn't exist.

13th amendment

abolished slavery

how did Plessy vs Ferguson affect the court case Brown vs. board of education and many others that tried to say that segregation violated their rights?

because they said it was "separate but equal."

The people involved in this court case were using the courts to fight against segregation.

both

What were at least two arguments that the lawyers for the Brown family made?

doll test and WWII

How did the Supreme Court rule in Plessy v. Ferguson?

they went with the prosecuter Ferguson side.