Governor signs posthumous pardon for Homer Plessy, Black man central to Supreme Court’s 1896 “separate but equal” ruling

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Governor signs posthumous pardon for Homer Plessy, Black man central to Supreme Court’s 1896 “separate but equal” ruling.

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