Organized Voter Suppression PDF
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This document discusses organized voter suppression, focusing on legal and historical contexts, including the Plessy v. Ferguson case and the issue of lynching in America. It examines the racial tensions and inequalities of a historical perspective.
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ORGANIZED VOTER SUPPRESSION Loading… PLESSY V. FERGUSON (1896) “If he [Homer Plessy] be a white man and assigned to a colored coach, he may have his action for damages against the company for being deprived of his so-called property. Upon the other hand,...
ORGANIZED VOTER SUPPRESSION Loading… PLESSY V. FERGUSON (1896) “If he [Homer Plessy] be a white man and assigned to a colored coach, he may have his action for damages against the company for being deprived of his so-called property. Upon the other hand, if he be a colored man and be so assigned, he has be deprived of no property, since he is not lawfully entitled to the reputation of being a white man.” “Legislation is powerless to eradicate racial instincts or to abolish distinctions based upon physical differences, and the attempt to do so can only result in accentuating the difficulties of the present situation....If one race be inferior to the other socially, the Constitution of the United States cannot put them upon the same plane.” LYNCHING IN AMERICA
