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 Plessy V. Fergusson was a historic court case that created the idea of separate but equal. Justice Marshall Harlen wrote a dissent in a response to the case. This document just talked about how the justice disagreed with the majority ruling of the case. Harlan stated in the dissent that the United States Constitution is colorblind. He also claimed that there should not be a surperior ruling class of citizens. In his eyes everyone was equal. He believed it was unfair for the states to regulate citizens based off of just race.  One of the biggest points he makes in the dissent is the remark he made on freedom. He states that a country can not be known for it's freedom if not everyone is given the same rights. As a country if the United States want stories be known as the land of the free, everyone should be equal and given the same rights. Even if they are different races, everyone should be free.  I agree strongly with Justice Harlen because to be a strong nation we must be unified

 During the last couple of weeks in class we watched many historical documentaries. Today's video talked about the Ku Klux Klan or the KKK in North Carolina. This group in North Carolina was named Klansville USA.  The leader of this North Carolina Klan was known as Bob Jones. The Klan started off as a couple of friends and grew to the thousands of people. Bob Jones grew up in Salisbury North Carolina and served in the Navy after he dropped out of High School. He was discharged after not saluting a black officer. Afterwards he jumped around from jobs.  The Klan first started going around pulling "pranks" on African Americans by going around and taunting them and causing horror in their lives. The Klan revived around the 1920's and called for 100% americanism. In 1925, 50,000 klansman gathered in Washington. Afterwards 4 million Americans claimed membership in the Klan. By the 1930's the Klan fell due to bad press.  In 1954 when the U.S claimed that schools should b