The Black New Orleans History You Didn’t Know Shaped America
5. Plessy v. Ferguson: A Case Born in New Orleans
Source: Wikipedia
In 1892, New Orleanian Homer Plessy boldly challenged segregation by boarding a whites-only train car, igniting a legal battle that reached the Supreme Court.
The resulting Plessy v. Ferguson decision legalized “separate but equal”...
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