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Plessy’s tomb in New Orleans. Homer Adolph Plessy (born Homère Patris Plessy; 1858, 1862 or March 17, 1863 – March 1, 1925) was an American shoemaker and activist, who was the plaintiff in the United States Supreme Court decision Plessy v. Ferguson.
Homer Plessy (Nova Orleans, 7 de março de 1862 – Nova Orleans, 1º de março de 1925) foi um sapateiro e corretor de seguros estadunidense de origem creole que se tornou notável por ter sido o querelante no caso da Suprema Corte dos Estados Unidos conhecido como Plessy v. Ferguson.
7 de mai. de 2024 · Homer Plessy, American shoemaker who was best known as the plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), which sanctioned the controversial ‘separate but equal’ doctrine for assessing the constitutionality of racial segregation laws.
31 de jan. de 2020 · Plessy was a racially mixed shoemaker who had agreed to take part in an act of civil disobedience orchestrated by a New Orleans civil rights organization. On that hot,...
29 de nov. de 2023 · Homer Plessy was a shoemaker whose one act of civil disobedience helped inspire future generations of the Civil Rights Movement. He challenged Louisiana segregation legislation by refusing to...
12 de nov. de 2021 · On June 7, 1892, a racially mixed shoemaker from New Orleans named Homer Plessy bought a first-class ticket for a train bound for Covington, La., and took a seat in the whites-only car.
5 de jan. de 2022 · The governor of Louisiana has pardoned Homer Plessy, a 19th century black activist whose arrest 130 years ago led to one of the most criticised Supreme Court decisions in US history....
