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Plessy_marker-back.jpeg

This is the back side of the Plessy v. Ferguson marker installed Feb. 12, 2009

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By Madeleine McQuilling
During the reconstruction era that followed the Civil War, visitors to the American south were astonished at the way African-Americans openly participated in society. Following his 1885 visit to New Orleans, American essayist Charles Dudley…