Black man whose arrest led to 'separate but equal' posthumously pardoned
Homer Plessy was 'white enough to gain access to the train and black enough to be arrested for doing so.'
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Homer Plessy was 'white enough to gain access to the train and black enough to be arrested for doing so.'
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
Homer Plessy was 'white enough to gain access to the train and black enough to be arrested for doing so.'
Louisiana’s governor on Wednesday posthumously pardoned Homer Plessy, the Black man whose arrest for refusing to leave a whites-only railroad car in
Louisiana's governor 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. law for half a century.