Category: separate but equal

Today’s letter – long lines on Memorial Day

Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – Happy Memorial Day, Governor. I hope you get a chance to go to the park with your family. It’s funny – we go to the same schools and parks as our neighbors, we vote in the same elections,…Read More »

Today’s letter – how “separate but equal” became the law of the land the first time

Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – “Separate but Equal” was made the law of the land in 1896 when the U.S. Supreme Court decided the case of Plessy v. Ferguson. On June 7, 1892, Homer Plessy boarded a car of the East Louisiana Railroad…Read More »