The Sala Capitular

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This file appears in: Plessy v. Ferguson

The 2nd floor of the Cabildo Building housed the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1853-1910. Courtesy of the Louisiana State Museum and The Louisiana Supreme Court.

This file appears in: Plessy v. Ferguson

Plessy v. Ferguson

By Mary Ann Wegmann, The Law Library of Louisiana, University of New Orleans History Department & Nik Richard

On June 7, 1892, a 30-year-old African-American man named Homer Plessy attempted to board a segregated East Louisiana Railroad passenger train car at Press and Royal Streets in New Orleans. Louisiana's Separate Car Act, passed in 1890, required…