Capstone Papers-What was the Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson?What was the Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson?
What was the Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson? How did it interpret the Fourteenth Amendment? How did it impact the lives of blacks?
Compare and contrast the writing and experiences of John DeForrest’s “What is to Become of the African in Our Country?” (76-77) and George Washington Cable’s “The Freedman’s Case” (155-59). How do the lives of these two men dispel certain myths concerning sectional conflict afterthe Civil War? What are the major arguments put forth in their articles?
Compare and contrast the views of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois. Read “The Secret Life of Booker T. Washington” (Williams 245-62) and watch the video, Booker T. Washington: The Life and Legacy. Explain the contradictions in Washington’s public pronouncements and private actions. In your opinion, was agitation or accommodation a better strategy?
