Plessy v. Ferguson, the historic Supreme Court decision that endorsed "separate but equal" — racial segregation. A fresh look at how it echoes... Plessy V. Ferguson: How 'Separate But Equal' ...

Louisiana’s governor on Wednesday posthumously pardoned Homer Plessy, the Black man whose arrest for refusing to leave a whites-only railroad car in 1892 led to the Supreme Court ruling that cemented ...

NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards says he will issue a posthumous pardon for Homer Plessy, who was arrested in 1892 for challenging a ban on Black people sitting in "whites-only" train ...

"There is no expiration date on justice." Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards on Wednesday posthumously pardoned civil rights leader Mr. Homer A. Plessy who challenged Louisiana's segregation laws in the ...

The Supreme Court ruled in Plessy v. Ferguson that state racial segregation laws didn't violate the Constitution as long as the facilities for the races were of equal quality. Plessy pleaded guilty to ...

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's governor on Wednesday posthumously pardoned Homer Plessy, the Black man whose arrest for refusing to leave a whites-only railroad car in 1892 to protest racial ...