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At 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, Luther College will host Phoebe Ferguson and Keith Plessy, descendants of the 1896 Plessy vs. Ferguson landmark decision, for a conversation with President Jenifer K. Ward in the Center for Faith and Life Recital Hall.

A book about the unlikely friendship between descendants of the opposing parties in the U.S. Supreme Court's infamous Plessy v. Ferguson case upholding racial segregation has been updated to include a new coda: the recent move to pardon Homer Plessy for having boarded a whites-only train in 1892.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn how descendants on both sides of the Plessy v. Ferguson decision came together to start a foundation over a century after the case. And, we hear how one organization is aiming to better equip Louisianans with electricity during natural disasters.

Descendants of the landmark Plessy vs. Ferguson case will speak on unity, reconciliation, and understanding.

The Office of Governor John Bel Edwards, putting Louisiana first..

After 125 years, the Louisiana governor posthumously pardoned Homer Plessy, the central character in the 1896 case Plessy vs. Ferguson which was the

Plessy was arrested trying to board a "whites-only" train car. The Supreme Courts decision in Plessy v. Ferguson ushered in an era of laws that kept schools, housing and other venues segregated.

Keith Plessy, Homer Plessys descendant: Im holding back tears because Im too happy to cry.

Nearly 130 years later, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards granted a posthumous pardon to Homer Plessy.