Many years have passed since the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States were adopted; but looking back more than hundreds years ago Americans constantly think on brief assertion in them: all men are created equal, and all the time they want to understand what they mean. The ideas of equality have their origin in Thomas Jeffersons claim that all men are equal. Obviously, he meant that people are all equal in the eyes of our creator. He did not mean peoples ability, intelligence or accomplishments. He was speaking of a persons essential humanity. His claims can be regarded to the equality of all people. On May, 17, 1994 the US Supreme Courts decision in Brown v Board of education marked an important point in the history of racial divisions in the United States. After the Civil War millions of formerly enslaved African- Americans wanted to be full and equal citizens of the large society. Some white Americans approved it; others tried to do everything to divide Whites from Colors.
By 1900 some laws were made according to which Americans of color were regarded as second -class citizenship. In Topeka, Kansas, there was a black girl named Linda Brown who had to go to black elementary school that was far from her house. Though there was a school for whites not far from her house. Her father, Oliver Brown, wanted her to go to the white school but the administration of the school refused. Then Lindas father asked the national Association for the Advancement of Colored People for help. Only the fearless efforts of lawyers, community activists, parents and students helped Brown to reach the Supreme Court and abolish constitutional sanction for segregation by race. African Americans got freedom.
The Essay on African Americans People White Place
Waiting room is a place where most of story is developed. With Mrs. Turpin's appearance, this room is turned to one small society which has variety of social class, genders, ages, and skin colors. People are classified by the view of rich white woman. Her view of human is very simple; 'niggers' who are divided into bottom group, 'white-trash', sometimes even worse than niggers, and home and land ...
It gave them hope of self determination, educational opportunities and equal rights of citizenship. It redefined the nations ideals. But before those events there was a case of Plessey v Ferguson in 1896. The US Supreme Court said that racially separate facilities if equal did not contradict the Constitution. On June, 7, 1892 Homer Plessey refused to move from a seat for whites, so, he was arrested. The case was moved up to the Supreme Court which ruled that segregation in America was constitutional.
After the hearing of Homer Plesseys case Justice John Harlan wrote: “Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law (Edward W. Knappman, Great American Trials, 467).
