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They both testified that it was time for this pardon to be recommended, that it was time to

correct a 125-year-old wrong.

For Vault Studios, I'm Reid Redmond.

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There is no doubt that that was, that he was guilty of that act on that date.

But there's equally no doubt that such an act should have never been a crime in this

country.

Last month, the Louisiana pardon board held a hearing to determine if the record of Homer

Plessy, a civil rights activist who was arrested for refusing to give up his seat on a

white's only train car in 1892, should be pardoned.

A 125-year-old injustice could finally be corrected.

Homer Plessy, the plaintiff, and the infamous Plessy v. Ferguson

segregation case could soon be pardoned.

Joining us is Paul Murphy, reporter at WWL TV in New Orleans. Paul, I'm going to ask you to give us

a quick history lesson on the Plessy versus Ferguson Supreme Court decision back in the late 19th century.

First off, who was the defendant Homer Plessy and why was he arrested?

Homer Plessy was a Creole man in New Orleans who boarded a whites-only train 125 years ago in 1892 in New Orleans en route to Covington, which is a cross-lake-punched

train from the city. And he plead guilty to violating the Separate Car Act and was fined $25.

He refused to move from a White's-only railway car to the Black's-only car. He was arrested

and convicted of violating the Louisiana Separate Car Act of 1890.

Now, in court, Plessy's lawyers argued the state had violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.

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