The Plessy and Ferguson Foundation organized the creation of the Plessy v. Fergusonhistorical marker that sits at 700 Homer Plessy Way.

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The Plessy and Ferguson Foundation organized the creation of the Plessy v. Fergusonhistorical marker that sits at 700 Homer Plessy Way.

This file appears in: Plessy's Legacies

Plessy's Legacies

By Lauren Smith, Johnnie Roberson, and Erika Heppner

In the immediate aftermath of Plessy v. Ferguson, the case itself received relatively little attention. Homer Plessy paid the twenty-five dollar fine for violating the Separate Car Act and went to work as a laborer. Before the ruling, segregation…