"1862Z"^^ . . "1925Z"^^ . . . . . . . . . "1925-03-01Z"^^ . . "Homer Adolph Plessy (March 17, 1862 \u2013 March 1, 1925) was the American Louisiana Creole of Color plaintiff in the United States Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson.Arrested, tried and convicted in New Orleans of a violation of one of Louisiana's racial segregation laws, he appealed through Louisiana state courts to the U.S. Supreme Court and lost. The resulting \"separate-but-equal\" decision against him had wide consequences for civil rights in the United States."@en . "Plessy, Homer"@en . . "Homer Adolph Plessy"@en . "American activist" . "1862-03-17Z"^^ . . . . .