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History Matters: Plessy v. Ferguson

Red River Radio | By Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Published August 1, 2017 at 7:45 AM CDT
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Photo of the front of Plessy v. Ferguson marker in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. written by historian Keith Weldon Medley for placement by the Crescent City Peace Alliance and placed on the corner of Press Street and Railroad Yards Feb. 12, 2009
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Airs Tuesday, August 1, 2017, at 7:45 p.m. Dr. Gary Joiner looks at the history and legacy of Plessy v. Ferguson and why Homer Plessy's History Matters.

History Matters is made possible in part by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and Louisiana Cultural Vistas Magazine. 

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Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Gary Joiner is a cartographer and an associate professor of history at LSU in Shreveport. He is the author or editor of 12 books including “Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862,” “One Damn Blunder From Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign in 1864,” “Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864,” “Red River Steamboats,” and “Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy: Mississippi Squadron.”
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