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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.
Missouri State Trooper James F. Froemsdorf 52 Michael S. Roberts White 27 M October 3, 2001 St. Louis: Mary L. Taylor 53 Stephen K. Johns White 55 M October 24, 2001 St. Louis City: Donald Voepel 54 James R. Johnson White 52 M January 9, 2002 Moniteau: 4 murder victims [l] 55 Michael I. Owsley Black 40 M February 6, 2002 Jackson: Elvin Iverson 56
The murder was committed for the purpose of avoiding, interfering with, or preventing a lawful arrest or custody in a place of lawful confinement, of himself or another; The murder was committed while the defendant was engaged in the perpetration or was aiding or encouraging another person to perpetrate or attempt to perpetrate a felony of any ...
Three men were arrested in the 1989 killing of a woman in Missouri after someone came forward with a tip over three decades later, authorities said. A tip led to charges against 3 men in the 1989 ...
Kelle Ann Workman was 24 years old when she was last seen mowing grass June 30, 1989, at the Dogwood Cemetery in Douglas County, Missouri. After 35 years, 3 men charged in relation to 1989 Ozarks ...
He was convicted in 2021 of killing 26-year-old Cameron Lamb as he backed into his garage. Lamb’s name was invoked frequently during racial injustice protests in Kansas City in 2020 following ...
Jim Crow laws were upheld in 1896 in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson , in which the Supreme Court laid out its " separate but equal " legal doctrine concerning facilities for African Americans. Moreover, public education had essentially been segregated since its establishment in most of the South after the Civil War in 1861–1865.
Missouri top prosecutor asked a court Tuesday to put the brakes on releasing a woman from prison in a 1980 killing that her attorneys allege was committed by a now-discredited police officer.