today in black history

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.

VIDEO: From The Bottom Up

POSTED: July 01, 2009, 5:00 pm

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Darrin Sharif talks about being in the neighborhood and in the streets affecting change from the bottom up

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