Post 4 Town Hall

 The famous case of Plessy v. Ferguson is a benchmark case that would "bring" back slavery for African Americans. After the implementation of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments many African Americans believed that slavery was banished from the United States. With this, many hate groups including the KKK came about and many southern citizens were not accepting. On May 18, 1896, the Supreme Court would the case of Plessy v. Ferguson. The case of an African American named Plessy began when he purchased a first-class ticket on the train. Plessy, when asked, to move from the seat he was sitting in refused and was then thrown off the train. The law stated that in Louisiana in the section there must be a separate but equal sign, although there were designated rows. Plessy claimed that he was seven-eighths white, had equal rights to whites, and was a United States citizen. In the first court case, Plessy lost immediately due to a single-sided judge and immediately filed for the Louisiana Supreme Court to hear the case. With the next trial date, Plessy went in arguing that the law was not constitutional but was again struck down. For this trial, I believe that Plessy should not have been kicked off the train and taken to jail for many reasons. First, I believe that the separate but equal sign that was in clear sight, upon which the Government made it mandatory. Second, the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments were benchmark Amendments made to include African-Americans in the daily lives of white Americans. The power and confidence of Plessy played a huge role in American history. From that point on this case, served as the backbone for future civil rights cases. 

This political cartoon sums what this case was, separate but equal. Based on this photo it doesn't look very equal to me. The cartoon photo on the left shows the beautiful fountains that the white people were allowed to drink out of. While taking a took at the right you see the broken down well with most likely non-fresh water. Truly sad for America to make such tremendous strides with equal rights and then the sadness of being separate but "equal" from the rest. I don't think the term equal has any right being in this because they weren't equal, no part of this case showed people being equal.