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Plessy v. Ferguson: Man at center of landmark case on verge of pardon
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Louisiana board on Friday voted to pardon Homer Plessy, whose decision to sit in a "whites-only" railroad car to protest discrimination led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1896 "separate but equal" ruling affirming state segregation laws.The state Board of Pardons' unanimous decision to clear the Creole man’s record of a conviction now goes to Gov.