Homer Plessy
American shoemaker
Homer Adolph Plessy was an American shoemaker and activist, who was the plaintiff in the United States Supreme Court decision Plessy v. Ferguson. Wikipedia
Born: New Orleans, LA
Died: March 1, 1925
Parents: Joseph Adolphe Plessy and Rosa Debergue Plessy
Spouse: Louise Bordenave Plessy (m. 1888–1925)
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Homer Adolph Plessy was an American shoemaker and activist, who was the plaintiff in the United States Supreme Court decision Plessy v. Ferguson.
Mar 29, 2024 · Homer Plessy, American shoemaker who was best known as the plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v.
Nov 29, 2023 · Homer Plessy is best known as the plaintiff in Plessy v. Ferguson, a landmark court case challenging southern-based segregation.
In 1892, Homer Plessy – who was seven-eighths Caucasian – agreed to participate in a test to challenge the Act. He was solicited by the Comite des Citoyens ( ...
Feb 4, 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 ...
Jun 9, 2022 · The Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson institutionalized racial segregation for over half a century.
Jan 6, 2024 · Homer Plessey was the man in the middle of the 1896 Supreme Court ruling that confirmed the rule of "separate but equal" in U.S. law.
Homer A. Plessy challenged an 1890 Louisiana Law that required separate train cars for Black Americans and White Americans. The Supreme Court held that separate ...
Feb 8, 2022 · With the cooperation of the East Louisiana Railroad, on June 7, 1892, Homer Plessy, a mulatto (7/8 white), seated himself in a white compartment ...