Plessy v Ferguson
The act that got Plessy arrested
Boarding a white only train
What was the nickname of the teenage kids who tried to get in the all white school in Arkansas after the case.
"Little Rock Nine".
This law separated these two races
African-Americans and White people
This case came first
Plessy v Ferguson
Both of these cases involved two different people, their full names being
Homer Plessy and Oliver Brown.
First name of Plessy
Homer
Full name of Mr. Brown
Oliver Brown
Were the different faculties for black and white people always equal?
No
14th amendment states
That everyone will get equal protection under the law. Right to equal protection
Both of these cases involved wo different people their races was however the same. What was their race?
African-American
Who won
The state
Who won
Mr. Brown
Summaries this law
"People can have different faculties as long as they are equal."
What other movement was happening in the middle of Brown v Board of education
The Civil Rights Movment
Why did Mr. Plessy get on the whites' only train, even though he knew he was getting arrested.
He did this to protect the “Separate Car Act.”
This case happen in
1890
This organization was trying to help African Americans get their rights
NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
This case got rid of "Separate by Equal"
Brown v Board of education
This amendment was violated in both of these cases.
The 14th Amendment
What was NAACP's main argument
Getting rejected from all the white schools meant that this was African-American kids getting denied their rights under the fourteenth Amendment.
This case took place in this state
Louisiana
This case started and ended in these years
1940-1954
This court created separate but equal
Plessy v Ferguson
What day did Brown v Board of Education end
May 17, 1954
NAACP encouraged Parents to do what?
To enroll their kids in an all white school