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- Homer_Plessy abstract "Homer Adolph Plessy (March 17, 1862 – March 1, 1925) was the American Louisiana Creole of Color plaintiff in the United States Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson.Arrested, tried and convicted in New Orleans of a violation of one of Louisiana's racial segregation laws, he appealed through Louisiana state courts to the U.S. Supreme Court and lost. The resulting \"separate-but-equal\" decision against him had wide consequences for civil rights in the United States. The decision legalized state-mandated segregation anywhere in the United States so long as the facilities provided for both blacks and whites were putatively \"equal\".The son of French-speaking Creoles (see octoroon), Homer Plessy was born on St. Patrick's Day in 1862, at a time when federal troops under General Benjamin Franklin Butler were occupying Louisiana as a result of the American Civil War (1861–1865) and the Reconstruction, and had liberated African Americans in New Orleans who had been in bondage. Blacks could then marry whomever they chose, sit in any streetcar seat and, briefly, attend integrated schools.As an adult, Plessy experienced the reversal of the gains achieved under the federal occupation, following the withdrawal of federal troops in 1877 on the orders of U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes.Due to his \"fair\" appearance, Plessy could have ridden in a railroad car restricted to people classified as white. However, under the racist policies then in force, he was classified as \"1/8 black\" or, according to the language of the time, an octoroon. Hoping to strike down segregation laws, the Citizens' Committee of New Orleans (Comité des Citoyens) recruited Plessy to deliberately violate Louisiana's 1890 separate-car law. To pose a clear test, the Citizens' Committee gave notice of Plessy's intent to the railroad, which opposed the law because it required adding more cars to its trains.On June 7, 1892, Plessy bought a first-class ticket on a train from New Orleans and sat in the car for white riders only. The Committee had hired a private detective with arrest powers to take Plessy off the train at Press and Royal streets, to ensure that he was charged with violating the state's separate-car law and not some other misdemeanor.Everything that the committee had organized occurred as planned, except for the decision of the Supreme Court in 1896.\"By then the composition of the U.S. Supreme Court had gained a more segregationist tilt, and the committee knew it would likely lose. But it chose to press the cause anyway, [author Keith] Medley said. 'It was a matter of honor for them, that they fight this to the very end.Template:'\"".
- Homer_Plessy birthDate "1862-03-17".
- Homer_Plessy birthPlace Louisiana.
- Homer_Plessy birthPlace New_Orleans.
- Homer_Plessy birthYear "1862".
- Homer_Plessy deathDate "1925-03-01".
- Homer_Plessy deathPlace Metairie,_Louisiana.
- Homer_Plessy deathYear "1925".
- Homer_Plessy occupation Civil_and_political_rights.
- Homer_Plessy occupation Homer_Plessy__1.
- Homer_Plessy occupation Homer_Plessy__2.
- Homer_Plessy occupation Homer_Plessy__3.
- Homer_Plessy occupation Insurance.
- Homer_Plessy occupation Shoemaking.
- Homer_Plessy party Republican_Party_(United_States).
- Homer_Plessy religion Catholic_Church.
- Homer_Plessy restingPlace New_Orleans.
- Homer_Plessy thumbnail PlessyBronze.jpg?width=300.
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- Homer_Plessy wikiPageWikiLink Benjamin_Butler_(politician).
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- Homer_Plessy wikiPageWikiLink Brown_v._Board_of_Education.
- Homer_Plessy wikiPageWikiLink Category:1862_births.
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- Homer_Plessy wikiPageWikiLink James_C._Walker.
- Homer_Plessy wikiPageWikiLink John_Howard_Ferguson.
- Homer_Plessy wikiPageWikiLink John_Marshall_Harlan.
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- Homer_Plessy wikiPageWikiLink Louis_Martinet.
- Homer_Plessy wikiPageWikiLink Louisiana.
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- Homer_Plessy wikiPageWikiLink Metairie,_Louisiana.
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- Homer_Plessy wikiPageWikiLink Quadroon.
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- Homer_Plessy wikiPageWikiLink Republican_Party_(United_States).
- Homer_Plessy wikiPageWikiLink Rodolphe_Desdunes.
- Homer_Plessy wikiPageWikiLink Rutherford_B._Hayes.
- Homer_Plessy wikiPageWikiLink Saint-Domingue.
- Homer_Plessy wikiPageWikiLink Saint_Louis_Cemetery.
- Homer_Plessy wikiPageWikiLink Saint_Patricks_Day.
- Homer_Plessy wikiPageWikiLink Separate_Car_Act.
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- Homer_Plessy wikiPageWikiLink Shoemaking.
- Homer_Plessy wikiPageWikiLink St._Tammany_Parish,_Louisiana.
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- Homer_Plessy wikiPageWikiLink Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States.
- Homer_Plessy wikiPageWikiLink The_Crusader_(New_Orleans_newspaper).
- Homer_Plessy wikiPageWikiLink Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution.
- Homer_Plessy wikiPageWikiLink Toussaint_Louverture.
- Homer_Plessy wikiPageWikiLink Tremé.
- Homer_Plessy wikiPageWikiLink United_States_Constitution.
- Homer_Plessy wikiPageWikiLink Walter_L._Cohen.
- Homer_Plessy wikiPageWikiLink White_people.
- Homer_Plessy wikiPageWikiLink William_McKinley.
- Homer_Plessy wikiPageWikiLink File:PlessyBronze.jpg.
- Homer_Plessy wikiPageWikiLink File:Plessy_marker-back.jpg.
- Homer_Plessy wikiPageWikiLink File:Plessy_marker.jpg.
- Homer_Plessy wikiPageWikiLinkText "Homer Adolph Plessy".
- Homer_Plessy wikiPageWikiLinkText "Homer Plessy".