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Plessy was arrested trying to board a "whites-only" train car. The Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson ushered in an era of laws that kept schools, housing and other venues segregated.
Plessy was arrested trying to board a "whites-only" train car. The Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson ushered in an era of laws that kept schools, housing and other venues segregated.
Louisiana's governor on Wednesday posthumously pardoned Homer Plessy, the Black man whose 1892 arrest led to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that cemented \
In 1892, Homer Plessy, a Black man, was arrested in Louisiana for refusing to leave a whites-only train car. His arrest led to a Supreme Court ruling that upheld racial segregation for 50 years. On Wednesday, Louisiana’s governor extended Plessy a posthumous pardon.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s governor on Wednesday posthumously pardoned Homer Plessy, the Black man whose arrest for refusing to leave a whites-only railroad car in 1892 led to the Supreme Court ruling that cemented “separate but equal” into U.S.