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Homer Plessy was a shoemaker and activist who challenged Louisiana's racial segregation law on railroads in 1892. He became the plaintiff in the landmark Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson, which established the "separate but equal" doctrine for Jim Crow laws.
Homer Plessy was a shoemaker and civil rights activist who challenged the racial segregation law in Louisiana in 1892. He lost his case in the U.S. Supreme Court, which upheld the "separate but equal" doctrine in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896).
Nov 29, 2023 · Homer Plessy was a shoemaker whose one act of civil disobedience helped inspire future generations of the Civil Rights Movement. He challenged Louisiana segregation...
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Oct 29, 2009 · Homer Plessy was a mixed-race man who refused to leave a whites-only railroad car in Louisiana in 1892. His case, Plessy v. Ferguson, went to the Supreme Court and established the "separate but equal" doctrine that legitimized racial segregation for decades.
Jan 31, 2020 · Plessy was a racially mixed shoemaker who had agreed to take part in an act of civil disobedience orchestrated by a New Orleans civil rights organization....
Nov 12, 2021 · On June 7, 1892, a racially mixed shoemaker from New Orleans named Homer Plessy bought a first-class ticket for a train bound for Covington, La., and took a seat in the whites-only car.
Aug 25, 2024 · Homer Plessy was a light-skinned Black man who refused to move to the segregated car on a train in 1892. His case, Plessy v. Ferguson, went to the U.S. Supreme Court and established the "separate but equal" doctrine that legitimized racial segregation in America.
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