La. Gov. Edwards Signs the First and Historic Posthumous Pardon of Civil Rights Leader Homer A. Plessy
January 06, 2022
January 06, 2022
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Jan. 6 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news:
Gov. John Bel Edwards took the historic action of signing Louisiana's first posthumous pardon of Mr. Homer A. Plessy, who was convicted of violating Louisiana's Separate Car Act of 1890, the purpose of which was to ensure racial segregation as a means to promote white supremacy. Gov. Edwards was joined by descendants of Homer A. Plessy, Justice John Harlan, and Judge John Fergu . . .
Gov. John Bel Edwards took the historic action of signing Louisiana's first posthumous pardon of Mr. Homer A. Plessy, who was convicted of violating Louisiana's Separate Car Act of 1890, the purpose of which was to ensure racial segregation as a means to promote white supremacy. Gov. Edwards was joined by descendants of Homer A. Plessy, Justice John Harlan, and Judge John Fergu . . .