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Special Event
Event
Phoebe Ferguson and Keith Plessy - 64th anniversary of the Little Rock Nine
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Fee:
Free.Dates & Times
Date:
Friday, September 24, 2021
Time:
5:30 PM
Duration:
1 hour
Type of Event
Partner Program
Talk
Virtual/Digital
Description
A conversation with the descendants of the Plessy v. Ferguson case, a landmark SCOTUS decision that established "separate but equal" and reinforced Jim Crow (segregation)
Phoebe Ferguson, Executive Director, and Keith M. Plessy, President, represent the Plessy & Ferguson Foundation, a nonprofit civil rights organization started by the descendants of Homer Adolph Plessy and Judge John Howard Ferguson that works with community activists, historians, artists and local leaders in education, preservation and connecting communities to their local history.
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The Plessy and Ferguson Foundation