They chose Homer Plessy to defy the segregationists in an act of civil disobedience. On June 7, 1892, Plessy boarded the "white" car of the East Louisiana Railroad. Born on March 17, 1863 ...

They chose Homer Plessy to defy the segregationists in an act of civil disobedience. On June 7, 1892, Plessy boarded the "white" car of the East Louisiana Railroad. Born on March 17, 1863 ...

D.G. Martin takes a look back at 'segregation scholarships' in N.C. and the South in the book "A Forgotten Migration." ...

The ruling in Plessy v Ferguson was the start of the ‘separate-but-equal’ principle. This led to more segregation on transportation, in entertainment venues, in factories and at other places ...

After Plessy was removed from the train, his case - Plessy v Ferguson - wound up in front of the Supreme Court. The court ruled that accommodations can exist for different races - a doctrine ...

In the court case known as Plessy v Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court ruled that segregation of people based on race was legal, providing facilities were 'separate but equal'. These segregation ...

On this day in 1927, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Gong Lum v. Rice, upholding Mississippi’s authority to enforce racially segregated public schools under the “separate but ...

Calling DEI “Didn’t Earn It,” as critics derisively refer to it, is not just insulting but echoes the rhetoric and practices ...

THUMBS UP. The Plessy & Ferguson Initiative and Search for Common Ground USA. recently honored trailblazer Dorothy Mae Taylor ...