HIST 1377 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Separate Car Act, Vasectomy, Homer Plessy
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June 7, 1892 attempted to sit in a "whites only car" in louisiana. Immediately arrested on charges of violating louisiana"s separate car. Albion tourgee: state of louisiana violated plessy"s constitutional rights. 14: no state shall make any laws that abridge the rights or privileges of a citizen without righteous cause. Ferguson struck down plessy"s argument > each state has the right to regulate their own railroad. Ruling was upheld by the louisiana state supreme court. Four years later, the case made its way to the highest court, the us. A ected professional training of african americans > set them back. Francis galton we greatly want a brief word to express the science of improving stock especially in the case of man. Argued that talent and genius tended to run in families. Being a criminal, for example being passed down. (negative traits) Originates from the greek term for well born . Imbeciles (pronounced incurable by a committee of three physicians)
