Homer Plessy

Homer Plessy

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BIRTHDAY March 17, 1862
BIRTH SIGN Pisces
BIRTHPLACE New Orleans, LA
AGE ? years old
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ABOUT HOMER PLESSY

Creole who violated Louisiana's racial segregation laws. The court's decision against him influenced the legalization of racial segregation everywhere in the U.S..

He was arrested after buying a first-class train ticket and sitting among white passengers.

The Plessy & Ferguson Foundation of New Orleans organization was founded in his honor in February 2009.

His parents were both French-speaking Creoles.

He and Ruby Bridges were both seminal figures in civil rights history in New Orleans.