In one or two paragraphs, explain how attitudes about race changed between the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision and the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965. Be sure to describe and explain the impact of other important Supreme Court decisions, amendments, or legislation that passed between these two dates.

Plessy v. Ferguson was important because it essentially established the constitutionality of racial segregation. As a controlling legal precedent, it prevented constitutional challenges to racial segregation for more than half a century until it was finally overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in Brownv.

Explanation:

world war i had a devastating effect on german-americans and their cultural heritage. up until that point   german-americans, as a group, had been spared much of the discrimination, abuse, rejection, collective mistrust experienced by so many different racial and ethnic groups in the history of the united states. indeed, over the years, they had been viewed as a well integrated and esteemed part of american society. all of this change with the outbreak of war.