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History Matters: Plessy -v- Ferguson

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Published August 7, 2018 at 1:05 PM 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
Dr. Gary Joiner
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Dr. Gary Joiner

Airs Tuesday, July 31, 2018, 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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