Author Williamjames Hoffer talked about his book, [Plessy v. Ferguson: Race and Inequality in Jim Crow America], in which he examines the legacy of the 1896 Supreme Court decision that affirmed ...

Homer Plessy was pardoned more than a century after his conviction for riding a whites-only train helped institutionalize discrimination for decades.

Ferguson aimed to end segregation—but codified it instead The Supreme Court’s infamous “separate but equal” ruling in 1896 stemmed from Homer Plessy’s pioneering act of civil disobedience.

Facts about Plessy v. Ferguson, and an explanation of who Plessy and Ferguson were in the famous separate but equal case. A Henry Louis Gates, Jr. blog.

Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that established the legal doctrine of “separate but equal”. It was a ruling that enabled many states to enact racial segregation ...

When Keith Plessy and Phoebe Ferguson decided to start a new civil rights education organization that would bear their famous names, they sealed the deal in a fitting local spot: Cafe Reconcile.

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has the opportunity to posthumously pardon Homer Plessy, the plaintiff in the landmark “separate but equal” 1896 Supreme Court Plessy V. Ferguson ruling who ...

Nearly 114 years ago, their ancestors stood on opposing sides in the history-making Plessy v. Ferguson court case that established the doctrine of "separate but equal" treatment of blacks in the ...

Louisiana's revisionist history may explain why we keep using a picture of P.B.S. Pinchback when we talk about Homer Plessy and why we forget about Oscar Dunn.

Homer Plessy was pardoned more than a century after his conviction for riding a whites-only train helped institutionalize discrimination for decades.