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Louisiana governor pardons Homer Plessy

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards signed a posthumous pardon for Homer Plessy, the New Orleans man whose 1892 arrest for sitting in a Whites-only railroad car led to a notorious Supreme Court decision upholding segregation laws. Watch the governor's remarks at the signing ceremony.
Jan 5, 2022 (17:36)
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