In 1892, a mixed-race shoemaker from New Orleans named Homer Plessy was arrested for riding in a "Whites-only" railcar. Four years later in Plessy v. Ferguson, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld his arrest ...
Opponents of desegregation used legal maneuvers, school closures, intimidation, and violence to maintain racially segregated schools. The "Southern Manifesto," signed by many Southern members of ...
WESTMINSTER, Calif. (KABC) -- Before there was Brown v. Board of Education, there was Mendez v. Westminster. The federal case involving an Orange County family helped pave the way for desegregation of ...
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