Plessy V. Ferguson Case Study
The Plessy v. Ferguson case brought to the light the deep racism that was boiling within the United States. The case stated that races were to be, “equal, but separated.” The separation, however, was not where every race had their own separation, but it was the separation between whites and those of colored races. Within this case, in which the case is named after were the opposing sides of Judge Ferguson and Plessy who was arguing to remove the Jim Crow Laws. The Jim Crow Laws were that of which on trains, there were Jim Crow cars that would separate the African Americans. With this large amount of anger and conflict that was developing throughout America, those of the Progressive party were spreading the idea that those that are dark-skinned