They chose Homer Plessy to defy the segregationists in an act of civil disobedience. On June 7, 1892, Plessy boarded the "white" car of the East Louisiana Railroad. Born on March 17, 1863 ...
Confusion about the legality of segregation continued until it was challenged by Homer Plessy ... civil disobedience, Plessy boarded a train in New Orleans and sat in the car reserved for whites ...
The governor of Louisiana has pardoned Homer Plessy, a 19th century black activist ... a ticket and refused to leave a whites-only train car in New Orleans. In 1896, the top US court ruled against ...
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