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I missed this a few years ago. I regularly lecture about Homer Plessy and his work in 1892 to fight racial segregation in the American South. His work backfired when the Supreme Court immortalized him with their disastrous Plessy v Ferguson decision enshrining racial segregation constitutional […]

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Homer Plessy (1862-1925), American activist

Died #otd Homer Plessy (1862-1925), American activist, 100 years ago today #HomerPlessy life story...