Homer Plessy, the namesake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1896 “separate but equal” ruling, is being considered for a posthumous pardon. Plessy, a Creole man of color, was arrested in New Orleans for refusing to leave a whites-only train car in 1892.http://apne.ws/ePWjWfg
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Cool! I just taught Plessy v. Furgeson yesterday, and will send this to my class.
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Oh how sweet. I'm sure this will go a long ways towards racial harmony
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