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VARVARA [1.3K]
1 year ago
15

Why does the majority opinion maintain that the "Jim Crow Law" that forbade Homer Plessy from riding in a "whites only " rail ca

r is constitutional?
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posledela1 year ago
6 0

Public opinion in Plessy vs. Ferguson was written by Supreme Court Judge Henry Brown. In this regard, he wrote that Jim Crow's laws that divided blacks and whites in society did not violate the 14th Amendment.

<h3>What do you know about Jim crows laws?</h3>

The laws framed by Jim Crow were regional and local laws that forced racial segregation in the Southern United States.

The main motive of Jim Crow laws was to restrict the freedom and rights of African Americans.

Thus, In this case, Plessy had the opportunity to sit in the same standard train car. This helped to develop the concept of "different but equal" that would be used in American society for the next 6 years.

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