In Plessy v. Ferguson, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the doctrine of "separate but equal" was permissible under the US Constitution.
This was later overruled in Brown v. Board of Education.
<span>Rip Van Winkle slept through the American Revolution. King wanted
to stir his audience to not sleep through the revolution he was leading</span>
During the enlightenment era and also during the classical period major philosophers believed that a dependable guide to human thinking was reason and logic. By using reason and logic and also principles of humanism humans were capable of guiding their thinking effectively.
It is because they believe that Jesus handed down the bible to them and they have to protect it.
