Albion Tourgée

ID: 6332 ~ Source: Robert Hunter, “Albion Tourgée, Reconstruction-era Crusader for Justice,” Judicature, no. 4 100, 2016, https://judicature.duke.edu/articles/albion-tourgee-reconstruction-era-crusader-for-justice/.

This file appears in: Louis A. Martinet and Albion Tourgée

Tourgée served as the lawyer who argued Plessy v. Ferguson before the United States Supreme Court in 1896.

This file appears in: Louis A. Martinet and Albion Tourgée

Louis A. Martinet and Albion Tourgée

By Lauren Smith, edited by Jessica Dauterive

Louis A. Martinet was a key player in the fight for civil rights in New Orleans. Born December 28, 1849, his multiracial identity as the son of a free woman of color and a Belgian man placed him within the community of Creoles of color in Louisiana.…