June 7, 1892: Homer Plessy Arrested

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🗓️ 7 June 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

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In an act of civil disobedience, Homer Plessy paid for a first-class ticket on a Louisiana train and was arrested for violating a segregationist law. The confrontation was staged by activists hoping to take the case to the Supreme Court. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.5	Today is Monday, June 7th, 2021. On this day in 1892, Homer Plessy, a black man, was arrested on a Louisiana
0:43.2	train for refusing to move from the whites-only car. Welcome to Today in True Crime, a Spotify original from Parcast.
0:57.0	Today we're covering the arrest of trailblazing civil rights activist Homer Plessy.
1:03.4	Plessy purchased a first-class train ticket and was arrested for sitting in the
1:07.8	premier section because it was segregated.
1:13.3	Let's go back to New Orleans, Louisiana, on June 7, 1892. The air was sticky. Sweat beaded on 29-year-old Homer Plessy's brow. He smoothed out his newly pressed shirt and approached
1:29.8	the ticket window. With a friendly smile, he purchased a first-class ticket to Covington. Rail
1:36.7	pass in hand, Plessy boarded the East Louisiana Railroad train marked number eight. He walked
1:43.4	down the aisle, passing white businessmen, a few young white nurses, and
1:48.4	a white mother with two small white children.
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