Homer Plessy 
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SOURCE: MSNBC
1/5/2022
Homer Plessy's Posthumous Pardon Finally Recognizes His Heroism
by Keisha N. Blain
"The decision to pardon Plessy and finally clear his record are the culmination of efforts by Keith Plessy, the great-great-grandson of Homer Plessy’s cousin, and Phoebe Ferguson, the great-great-granddaughter of John H. Ferguson, the Louisiana judge who upheld the state's Separate Car Act."
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SOURCE: New York Times
11/12/2021
Louisiana Governor to Decide Posthumous Pardon for Homer Plessy
Louisiana's Avery C. Alexander Act, named for a longtime state House member, calls for pardoning individuals who were convicted of violating laws establishing segregation or discrimination, but has seldom been invoked to do so.
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