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1954, the United States Supreme Court reach a decision in this case which is one of the most significant judicial turning points in the development of the United States (Brown...,
2004). Charles H. Houston originally promoted the case and later by Thurgood Marshall and their respective legal teams; the decision set down by Brown v. Board of Education effectively dismantled
the legal basis for racial segregation in schools and other public facilities (Brown..., 2004). BACKGROUND - PLESSY V. FERGUSON Following the end of the Civil War, nearly every southern
state enacted various black codes that were intended to keep the former slaves under tight control (Introduction..., 2006). The majority of these black codes were voided by the Union and
as a result the white southerners starting finding ways to maintain their perceived supremacy over blacks. Many Southern legislatures passed criminal statutes that set harsher penalties for blacks than
for white who had been convicted of the same crime (Introduction..., 2006). Two important Supreme Court cases served to acquiesce the Souths solutions to race relations (Introduction..., 2006). The
first was a case that was heard in 1878 where the Supreme Court ruled that the states could not prohibit segregation on common carriers, which included railroads, streetcars or steamboats.
In another case, heard twelve years later, the Supreme Court it approved a Mississippi statue that had required segregation on intrastate carriers (Introduction..., 2006). Plessy v. Ferguson of 1896
was the best known of the early segregation cases (Introduction..., 2006). In this particular case, Justice Billings Brown claimed that the distinctions put forth based on race did not contradict
either the Thirteenth or Fourteenth Constitutional Amendments (Introduction..., 2006). Both of these Constitutional Amendments had been passed to abolish slavery and to secure the legal right of the former
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