7 juin 1892 - Homer Plessy, an octoroon, is arrested for deliberately sitting in a whites-only railroad car in Louisiana, leading to the landmark Plessy v. Ferguson court case, an unsuccessful attempt to challenge "separate but equal" race legislation in the United States
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Date:
7 juin 1892
Maintenaint
~ Il y a 133 ans