Essays on Plessy Vs Ferguson

Plessy v. Ferguson This was a petition filed in the supreme court of Louisiana in 1896, by Homer Plessy, the plaintiff. He filed this petition against the Honorable John H. Ferguson, judge of The petitioner was a citizen of the United States and a descent...

In a quote by previous governor of Virginia, Henry Wise, he states, “The principle of slavery is a leveling principle; it is friendly to equality. Break down slavery and you would, with the same blow break down the great democratic principle of equality among men.”...

In his article titled America in Decay: Sources of Political Dysfunction, Fukuyama, in his introduction, expounds on some of the early successes that were attained by the initiation of the US Forest Service. He states that prior to the Pendleton Act of 1883, appointments to...

The Plessy versus Ferguson case was one of the many important trials in the 1800’s amongst many others. It was Homer Adolph Plessy going against John Ferguson for segregation on one if his trains leaving from New Orleans to Louisiana. This trial brought an eye...

On January 31, 1865 the 13th amendment was passed abolishing slavery in the United States. Even though slavery was abolished this did not end discrimination for African Americans. States continued to construct laws making it harder for African Americans to be equal. In 1896, a...