Homer Plessy was the American plaintiff in the United States Supreme Court decision in "Plessy v. Ferguson". Arrested, tried and convicted of a violation of Louisiana's racial segregation laws--his great-grandmother was black--he appealed to the Supreme Court. The resulting "separate-but-equal" decision against him had wide consequences for the U.S. civil rights for the next half century. Plessy was born Homère Patrice Plessy in New Orleans, Louisiana, on St. Wikipedia
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Homer Adolph Plessy was born on March 17 , 1862 , in New Orleans , Louisiana to Adolphe and Rosa Debergue Plessy , a family of mixed heritage. The entire family was light skinned and their only claim to an African American heritage was a distant relative www.historymania.com/american_history/Homer_Plessy
Homer Plessy was a 30-year-old shoemaker who lived in Louisiana. On June 7, 1892, Plessy purchased a train ticket from New Orleans to Covington, Louisiana. Plessy was one-eighth black (seven of his great grandparents were white and one was black), but u www.landmarkcases.org/plessy/background1.html
