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Homer Plessy was seven-eighths White and one-eighth Black pejoratively referred to as an “octoroon” in the 19th century. Plessy came of age during the age of Reconstruction in New.
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At 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, Luther College will host Phoebe Ferguson and Keith Plessy, descendants of the 1896 Plessy vs. Ferguson landmark decision, for a conversation with President Jenifer K. Ward in the Center for Faith and Life Recital Hall.