Artist Ian Wilkinson makes the distinction between Homer Plessy and P.B.S. Pinchback, and provides background on the creation of the mural.

ID: 6434 ~ Source: Photo courtesy of Keith Plessy

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Artist Ian Wilkinson makes the distinction between Homer Plessy and P.B.S. Pinchback, and provides background on the creation of the mural.

This file appears in: A New Orleans Story

A New Orleans Story

By Lauren Smith and Erika Heppner, edited by Jessica Dauterive

The Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) case is well-known in United States history. As the Supreme Court case that established the doctrine of “separate but equal,” it ushered in the Jim Crow era of legal racial segregation and discrimination. By the…