The Arrest of Homer Plessy

Published: June 7, 2023, 7 a.m.

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June 7, 1892. Homer Plessy is arrested for sitting in the \\u201cwhites-only\\u201d compartment of a train, leading up to the landmark Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson which heralded an era of racist legislation in America.


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