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 1, 2024 · Homer Plessy, American shoemaker who was best known as the plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v.
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 ...
Feb 5, 2021 · Homer Plessy was a member of the Afro-Creole community of New Orleans, a shoe maker, and a civil rights activist. He took his rights seriously.
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 ( ...
Jun 14, 2008 · Plaintiff for a landmark Supreme Court case, Homer A. Plessy was born on March 17, 1863 in New Orleans. He was a light-skinned Creole of ...
Jun 11, 2018 · In 1892, one-eighth African American, Homer Plessy, protested the 1890 Separate Car Act. He boarded the “Whites Only” railroad car on Press ...
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 ...