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  2. Homer Plessy - Wikipedia

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    Homer Adolph Plessy (born Homère Patris Plessy; 1858, 1862 or March 17, 1863 [a] – March 1, 1925) was an American shoemaker and activist who was the plaintiff in the United States Supreme Court decision Plessy v. Ferguson.

  3. Plessy v. Ferguson - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 February 2025. 1896 U.S. Supreme Court case on racial segregation 1896 United States Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court of the United States Argued April 13, 1896 Decided May 18, 1896 Full case name Homer A. Plessy v. John H. Ferguson Citations 163 U.S. 537 (more) 16 S. Ct. 1138; 41 L ...

  4. Comité des Citoyens - Wikipedia

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    In 1892 by the Citizens' Committee recruited Homer Plessy, who was 1/8 African American, [7] to violate the Separate Car Act. Additionally, the committee hired private Detective Chris C. Cain to arrest Plessy and ensure that he be charged for violating the Separate Car Act, as opposed to a misdemeanor such as disturbing the peace.

  5. Louisiana Gov. Pardons Homer Plessy, 125 Years After ... - AOL

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    On Jan. 11, 1897, Homer Plessy pleaded guilty in a New Orleans district court for sitting in a whites-only train car, eight months after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Louisiana’s Separate Car ...

  6. Homer Plessy, Key to "Separate But Equal," on Road to Pardon

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    A Louisiana board on Friday voted to pardon Homer Plessy, whose decision to sit in a “whites-only" railroad car to protest discrimination led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1896 “separate but ...

  7. Governor to pardon Plessy, of ‘separate but equal’ ruling

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    The Plessy v Ferguson case went to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ushered in a half-century of laws calling for “separate but equal” accommodations that kept Black people in segregated schools ...

  8. Separate but equal - Wikipedia

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    In 1892, Homer Plessy, who was of mixed ancestry and appeared to be white, boarded an all-white railroad car between New Orleans and Covington, Louisiana. The conductor of the train collected passenger tickets at their seats. When Plessy told the conductor he was 7 ⁄ 8 white and 1 ⁄ 8 black, he was informed that he had to move to a coloreds ...

  9. Albion W. Tourgée - Wikipedia

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    Dan Desdunes, the son of prominent Citizens Committee leader Rodolphe Desdunes, was initially selected, but his case was thrown out because he had been a passenger on an interstate train, where the court ruled that state law did not apply. Homer Plessy was selected next. He was arrested after boarding an intrastate train and refusing to move ...