This week, we spoke with descendants of both Homer Plessy and Judge John Ferguson, about what happened the morning Homer Plessy was supposed to get to Covington -- and what descendants of both men ...

Keith Plessy speaks during a ceremony in New Orleans before his famous ancestor, Homer Plessy, is pardoned on Jan. 5, 2022. (Credit: Louisiana Gov. on YouTube) ...

NEW ORLEANS — The last school in the French Quarter will officially be moved to the 7th Ward. A news release was issued Tuesday where NOLA Public Schools and Homer Plessy Community Schools ...

At 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, Luther College will host Phoebe Ferguson and Keith Plessy, descendants of the 1896 Plessy vs. Ferguson landmark decision, for a conversation with President Jenifer K.

Descendants of Homer Plessy, Judge John H. Ferguson and Justice John Marshall Harlan pose with Gov. John Bel Edwards, fourth from right, after the Posthumous Pardoning Ceremony for Homer Plessy at ...

The Homer A. Plessy Community School at 721 St. Philip St., the only school in the New Orleans French Quarter, is shown Feb. 27, 2022.

Keith Plessy and Phoebe Ferguson, descendants of the principals in the Plessy v. Ferguson court case, pose for a photograph in front of a historical marker in New Orleans, on June 7, 2011. Homer ...

Jacqueline Ryan, whose children, ages 7 and 9, attend Plessy, said her family was “gutted” by news of the move. “Beyond how this affects my children personally, this is a fight for the soul ...

On Dec. 1, 2023, the CEO of Homer Plessy Community Schools wrote a letter to NOLA-PS Superintendent Avis Williams requesting the elementary school to be moved to the McKenna building.

Plessy died in 1925. In 2009, members of his family and relatives of Judge Ferguson attended the unveiling of a historical marker at Press and Royal Streets, near the former site of the railway ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The last remaining school in the French Quarter could close its doors as leaders at Homer Plessy Community Schools ask the school board for a permanent relocation.