NEW ORLEANS – Homer Plessy's name was cleared Wednesday more than a century after his ejection from a whites-only train triggered the "separate but equal" Supreme Court ruling that institutionalized ...

One of the stars of "Alaska: The Last Frontier" learned the hard way that that the long arm of the law stretches way out into the Alaskan wilderness. According to court records obtained by The Blast, ...

He boarded a whites-only train car in New Orleans with the hope of getting the attention of the Supreme Court. But it would be a long time before he got justice. By Glenn Rifkin Since 1851, many ...

HOMER, Alaska — Our introduction to Homer came last January, while the city wore its drab gray winter coat. Time and again, locals urged us to come back for summer’s full-color glory. Among them was ...

When Homer Plessy boarded the East Louisiana Railway’s No. 8 train in New Orleans on June 7, 1892, he knew his journey to Covington, Louisiana, would be brief. He also knew it could have historic ...