(WASHINGTON D.C., 1/5/2022) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards’ pardon of Homer Plessy, the plaintiff in the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson trial that led to the adoption of the “separate but equal” doctrine of segregation into U.S. law.   In November, Louisiana’s … Continue reading CAIR Welcomes La. Governor’s Posthumous Pardon of Black Man Whose Trial Led to ‘Separate But Equal’ Laws