Phillipsburg High School continued
Plessy v. Ferguson
Is Separate Equal?
By Suzanne, Alex, Alyssa
On May 17, 1954 the Supreme Court handed down its ruling of the Brown v. Board of Education. The court’s decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision, which allowed "Separated but equal" public facilities, which included public schools.
The Brown v. Board of Education stated that separate schools are unequal. The Brown v. Board provided a spark to the American Civil Rights movement. They showed us how "equal rights" are not exactly equal.
Did you enjoy this project? Yes, gaining this new experience has helped our group understand the civil rights movement more in-depth.
Acrylic paint, marker, colored pencil
United We Stand
By Shylin, Blake, Matt
For the art we are doing, we are incorporating a bus, the American flag, and two hands stretching out to each other. In this meaning, the people have been segregated. The black race was treated cruelly because the whites didn't like the color of their skin. This piece of art signifies the segregation in the time of Brown v. Board. Holding back an innocent child from getting her education. The symbols in the art show mostly how bad it was back in the day.
Did you enjoy this project? Yes, we all believe that this project has influenced us in some way.
colored pencils
Separate but Not Equal
By Alexis, Katelyn, Orianna, Chelsea
Separate but equal was a legal doctrine in the United States constitutional law that justified and permitted racial segregation.
Under the doctrine, the government was allowed to require that services , facilities, public accommodations, housing, medical cares, education, employment, and transportation be separated along racial lines, provided that the quality of each public facilities was equal.
The doctrine was overturned by the Supreme Court decisions starting with the Brown vs. Board of Education in 1954, however, the overturning of legal separation laws in the United States was a long process that lasted through much of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s involving many court cases and federal legislation.
acrylic paint
Brown v. Board Water Fountains
By Zach and Dakota
Our artwork depicts two water fountains. The water fountain for the whites is brand new. The water fountain for the blacks is the cheapest water fountain that the business could buy. It's very leaky and held together by a roll of Duct tape. The white fountain is cleaned every day and the black fountain is never cleaned. colored pencil, maarker