Homer Plessy was the central figure in the landmark Supreme Court Case Plessy v. Ferguson. They also discussed the role that Judge John Ferguson played in the case.

Area students got a chance Tuesday to hear interesting anecdotes about “Plessy V. Ferguson” from the descendants from the original case participants. As part of Constitution Day at The Robert H.

The state Board of Pardons' unanimous decision to clear theHomer Plessy’s record of a conviction now goes to Gov. John Bel Edwards, who has final say over the pardon.

Ferguson that upheld the “separate but equal” doctrine. Plessy was a Black man who was arrested in 1892 for refusing to leave a “whites only” passenger car of the East Louisiana Railroad.

Friday was the 42nd anniversary of the Supreme Court’s historic decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. Today marks the 100th anniversary of the decision that Brown reversed, Pless… ...

Nearly 114 years ago, their ancestors stood on opposing sides in the history-making Plessy v. Ferguson court case that established the doctrine of "separate but equal" treatment of blacks in the ...

Descendants of Plessy v. Ferguson create unlikely friendship It's a friendship two decades strong between the descendants of two people who turned the course of American history.

Homer Plessy of 'Separate but Equal' Case Posthumously Pardoned a Century After Segregation Arrest "Homer Plessy more than did his part," Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said on Wednesday while ...

Yet Plessy v. Ferguson, the infamous Supreme Court case synonymous with “separate but equal,” drew remarkably little attention when the justices announced their near-unanimous decision on May ...

‘Plessy v. Ferguson’: Who Was Plessy? ‘How many mysteries have begun with the line, “A man gets on a train … “? In our man’s case, it happens to be true, and there is nothing ...

"Color-Blind" Constitution and the Decision in Plessy v. Ferguson When discussing the landmark Supreme Court Case, Plessy v. Ferguson, Ted Shaw of the University of North Carolina Law School and ...

The state Board of Pardons' unanimous decision to clear theHomer Plessy’s record of a conviction now goes to Gov. John Bel Edwards, who has final say over the pardon.