Plessy v. Ferguson: 125th Anniversary of “Separate But Equal”
<p><em>**Update: On January 5, 2022, Louisiana governor John Bel Edwards </em><a href="https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-business-arrests-new-orleans-race-and-ethnicity-6e9456e6c4517afe9e041fc9d0359179" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><em>posthumously pardoned</em></a><em> Homer Plessy under Louisiana’s </em><a href="https://casetext.com/statute/louisiana-revised-statutes/revised-statutes/title-15-criminal-procedure/chapter-5-reprieve-pardon-and-parole/part-i-reprieve-and-pardon/section-155729-avery-c-alexander-act-application-process" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><em>2006 Avery Alexander Act</em></a><em> that allows pardons for persons “who ha[ve] been convicted of violating a state law or municipal ordinance the purpose of which was to maintain or enforce racial separation or discrimination of individuals.”**</em></p>
<p>On the afternoon of June 7, 1892 a gentleman purchased a first class train ticket in New Orleans. Following departure he was asked a question by the conductor that would lead to one of the <a href="https://www.oyez.org/cases/1850-1900/163us537" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">most famous cases in United States Supreme Court history</a>: “Are you a colored man?” The passenger was Homer Plessy. His refusal to move to the “colored car” resulted in his arrest and charges for violation of the <a href="http://projects.leadr.msu.edu/makingmodernus/exhibits/show/plessy-v--ferguson-1896/louisiana-separate-car-act--18" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Louisiana Separate Car Act</a> — a law that was then only two years old.</p>
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