BATON ROUGE—LSU’s Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs’ Racism: Dismantling the System series continues Thursday, Nov. 4, at 3:30 p.m. CT with “Separate and Unequal: The Legacy of Plessy v. Ferguson.” Postponed due to Hurricane Ida in August, the rescheduled Nov. 4 virtual event requires attendees to register in advance via Eventbrite. Those who registered before the postponement will have their registration transferred to the new date.
This episode will feature Plessy & Ferguson Foundation co-founders Keith Plessy and Phoebe Ferguson. As descendants of Homer Plessy and Judge John Howard Ferguson, they created the foundation to bring people together around issues of race and inspire others to become active in the fight for equal rights. Joining them as panelists are Angela Allen-Bell, J.D., associate professor at Southern University Law Center; Brian J. Costello, O. de M. III, Tertiary, historian, genealogist and author; and Albert Samuels, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Political Science at Southern University. Mary Smith, a senior political science student at Southern University, will moderate the episode.
“I am excited to be able to moderate this episode of the Racism: Dismantling the System series,” said Smith. “The conversation around the legacy of Plessy v. Ferguson is one that often gets narrowed down to just the ‘separate but equal’ doctrine, but it is so much more than that, and I know that this episode will help to highlight the broader importance of the case.”
To date, season three of the series has featured discussions on the effects of seminal Supreme Court decisions, including Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education, and the impact of racist policies and practices on the Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander community. The final episode will focus on the role of racial injustice in mental health inequity.
The series is hosted on Zoom and broadcast on Facebook Live. Admission is free, but you must register in advance on Eventbrite to receive the Zoom meeting access code. Previous episodes are available for viewing on the Manship School’s YouTube channel.
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