Editing Plessy v. Ferguson (section)

===Plessy and Ferguson Foundation===
In 2009, Keith Plessy and Phoebe Ferguson, descendants of participants on both sides of the 1896 Supreme Court case, announced the establishment of the Plessy and Ferguson Foundation for Education and Reconciliation. The foundation would work to create new ways to teach the history of civil rights through film, art, and public programs designed to create understanding of this historic case and its effect on the American conscience.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nocca.com/newsevents/newsletter.php?newsletter_ID=188|title=A Celebration of Progress: Unveiling the long-awaited historical marker for the arrest site of Homer Plessy|publisher=New Orleans Center for Creative Arts|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221095135/http://www.nocca.com/newsevents/newsletter.php?newsletter_ID=188|archive-date=February 21, 2009}}</ref>

In 2009, a marker was placed<ref name=plessy&ferg>{{cite news|url=http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/02/plessy_vs_ferguson_photo.html|title=Plessy and Ferguson unveil plaque today marking their ancestors' actions|last=Reckdahl|first=Katy|newspaper=[[The Times-Picayune]]|date=February 11, 2009}}</ref> at the corner of Press and Royal streets in New Orleans, where Plessy had been removed from his train.<ref name="plaque-dedicated">{{cite web|url=http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wwno/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1468970|title=Plessy/Ferguson plaque dedicated|last=Abrams|first=Eve|date=February 12, 2009|access-date=January 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129224157/http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wwno/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1468970|archive-date=January 29, 2012}}</ref>
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