A recap of the top stories impacting Black America on May 1, 2009.
today in black history
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Homer Plessy, a 30 year-old Black shoemaker, is jailed for sitting in the "white" car of a Louisiana railroad on this date in 1892.
Marc Morial
Today in Black America: 05.01.09
With Brette Dawson
POSTED: May 01, 2009, 6:21 pm
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