Homer Plessy

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civil rights activist human shoemaker

Homer Plessy was a mixed-race Louisiana shoemaker and civil rights activist best known for challenging racial segregation laws in the landmark 1896 U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Du Plessy 1
Homer Adolph Plessy 1
Plessy 1

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights activist ⓘ
human ⓘ
shoemaker ⓘ
associatedWith Comité des Citoyens ⓘ
causeOfFame Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Supreme Court decision establishing “separate but equal” doctrine
chargedWith violating Louisiana Separate Car Act ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1862-03-17 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1925-03-01 ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1892-06-07 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Creole of color ⓘ
mixed-race ⓘ
familyName Homer Plessy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Plessy
fullName Homer Plessy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Homer Adolph Plessy
givenName Homer ⓘ
hasRole test plaintiff selected by civil rights group Comité des Citoyens ⓘ
legacy case later overturned in principle by Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
central figure in constitutional law on racial segregation ⓘ
legalOutcome conviction upheld by U.S. Supreme Court in 1896 ⓘ
legalStatus plaintiff in Plessy v. Ferguson ⓘ
movement Jim Crow laws ⓘ
surface form: civil rights movement (early Jim Crow era)
notableFor being plaintiff in Plessy v. Ferguson ⓘ
challenging racial segregation in public transportation ⓘ
occupation civil rights activist ⓘ
shoemaker ⓘ
pardon posthumous pardon granted by State of Louisiana in 2022 ⓘ
participantIn Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) ⓘ
surface form: Plessy v. Ferguson

legal challenges to Jim Crow laws ⓘ
placeOfBirth New Orleans ⓘ
surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana
placeOfBurial St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans ⓘ
placeOfDeath New Orleans ⓘ
surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana
religion Roman Catholic ⓘ
residence New Orleans ⓘ
surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana
sexOrGender male ⓘ
significantEvent arrest for sitting in a whites-only railroad car ⓘ
test case organized to challenge segregation laws ⓘ
spouse Louise Bordenave ⓘ
workLocation New Orleans ⓘ
surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Homer Plessy → familyName → Homer Plessy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plessy
Homer Plessy → fullName → Homer Plessy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Homer Adolph Plessy
du Plessis → hasVariant → Homer Plessy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Du Plessy
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) → plaintiff → Homer Plessy ⓘ
subject surface form: Plessy v. Ferguson