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Plessy V. Ferguson

Plessy V. Ferguson. By: Haley Davis, Justin Stowe, McKenzie Kennedy, Jordon Scott, and Issac Slingerland. DATES. Homer Plessy was arrested on June 7, 1892 Plessy’s trial when he argued that the law was unconstitutional was in 1896. What Happened?.

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Plessy V. Ferguson

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  1. Plessy V. Ferguson By: Haley Davis, Justin Stowe, McKenzie Kennedy, Jordon Scott, and IssacSlingerland

  2. DATES • Homer Plessy was arrested on June 7, 1892 • Plessy’s trial when he argued that the law was unconstitutional was in 1896.

  3. What Happened? • The case began in 1892, when Homer A. Plessy, an African American shoemaker, challenged a Louisiana law that required separate but equal facilities for blacks and whites in railroad cars. Plessy had skin light enough to appear white. He was arrested for sitting in a car reserved for white people after telling the conductor that he was black. He had violated Louisiana's Jim Crow, Separate Car Act. John H. Ferguson, a criminal district court judge, overruled Plessy's plea that the law was unconstitutional. Plessy then brought action against Ferguson. Plessy argued that the law violated a clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that guaranteed citizens equal protection of the laws. The Supreme Court ruled that the amendment did not seek to guarantee the social equality of all races. The court upheld the Louisiana law. Segregation of the races in the South continued, though facilities for blacks were nearly always inferior to those for whites.

  4. … • Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States concerning racial segregation. In this 1896 ruling, the court established the policy of "separate but equal" public facilities for blacks and whites. The decision formed the basis of widespread segregation in the South for over 50 years.

  5. Photos and Paintings

  6. Image of Original Document In 1896, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, which sustained the constitutionality of Louisiana’s Jim Crow Law.

  7. Movies, Songs, Books… We couldn’t find any movies specifically over the Plessy v. Ferguson Case but here are two of many books: These are two songs we founds based on segregation of race, but not specifically on the case: Get Up, Stand Up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuMlHdxiIZ8 2. Lift Every Voice and Sing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g19Q6i_e7tA

  8. Work Cited • Ivers, G. (2013). Plessy v. Ferguson. In World Book Student. Retrieved fromhttp://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar434900 • . N.p.. Web. 13 Nov 2013. <http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0163_0537_ZS.html>. • Rastavibe13, . Bob Marley Get Up Stand Up. 2008. Video. n.p. Web. 13 Nov 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuMlHdxiIZ8>. • PianoManT, . Lift Every Voice and Sing. 2012. Video. n.p. Web. 13 Nov 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g19Q6i_e7tA>.

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