In 1896, the top US court ruled against Plessy, clearing the way for Jim Crow segregation laws in the American South. The pardon was spearheaded by the very office that sought charges against him.
Confusion about the legality of segregation continued until it was challenged by Homer Plessy. In 1892, in a planned act of civil disobedience, Plessy boarded a train in New Orleans and sat in the ...
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 ...
In 1896, the top US court ruled against Plessy, clearing the way for Jim Crow segregation laws in the American South. The pardon was spearheaded by the very office that sought charges against him.
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