With a Pardon, Homer Plessy’s Record Is Clear, but a Painful Legacy Endures. Plessy, Homer, Amnesties, Commutations and Pardons, Segregation and Desegregation, Race and Ethnicity, Discrimination, Black People, Blacks, Edwards, John Bel (1966- ), Ferguson, John Howard, Alexander, Avery C, Louisiana, Supreme Court (US)