The courageous act of civil disobedience by Homer Plessy sparked the U.S. Supreme Court decision to uphold separate-but-equal laws. Judge John Ferguson won his case. Plessy VS Ferguson set in motion another low point in our history. But, where are some of the descendants of Plessy VS Ferguson today? What would happen if they actually met? Would they charter a new legacy of racial healing, or would past history still seal their separate ways? Every school teaches about Plessy VS Ferguson, and well they should. But, the history books seem to stop at the chapter about being against one ano
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