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June 02, 2026

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.

Around The Table: Episode 18 Video

POSTED: March 02, 2009, 11:16 am

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The effects of the economic crisis on Black America.

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