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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards granted a posthumous pardon for Homer Plessy, the Black man arrested for refusing to leave a whites-only train car in 1892.

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January 6, 2022

Louisiana governor pardons Homer Plessy

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards granted a posthumous pardon for Homer Plessy, the Black man arrested for refusing to leave a whites-only train car in 1892.

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