Judge John Howard Ferguson

ID: 6445 ~ Source: Courtesy of The Times-Picayune.

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Judge John Ferguson oversaw the Plessy case in the local New Orleans court. His decision ruled that intrastate travel fell under the jurisdiction of the state of Louisiana and upheld the Separate Car Act of 1890.

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.…