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Homer A. Plessy, described in court papers as "of mixed descent, in the proportion of seven-eighths Caucasian and one-eighth African blood," bought himself a first-class ticket from New Orleans to Covington, Louisiana, and took a seat reserved for whites on the East Louisiana Railway. He was jailed for violating an exquisitely even-handed, race-neutral statute that forbade members of either race to occupy accommodations set aside for the other--with the exception of "nurses attending the children of the other race." Plessy insisted he was white, and when that failed, argued that criminal-court judge John...
...ruling affects only institutions within the court's jurisdiction, which includes Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana. It does not apply to Harvard...
...boom is giving way to backlash. In a state-by-state slugfest, grass-roots groups are battling the gambling industry in ballot referendums, court suits and local legislatures. In Louisiana the public outcry over a bribery scandal involving video poker and the bankruptcy of a planned $800 million casino in New Orleans prompted the Governor to convene the legislature in special session this week to consider an outright ban on both types of games. Last week Kansas and Maryland legislators defeated measures to allow slots at racetracks and off-track betting parlors. In the past three months nine states have...
...fact, in several states, Common Cause and N.A.A.C.P. chapters are fighting gambling alongside restaurant associations, bowling alleys, video arcades, theme parks and racetracks that fear losing business to casinos. Nonetheless, NCALG's main foot soldiers are so-called traditional-values and pro-family activists. In Louisiana this week Southern Baptists are escorting Grey to rallies around the state. In Michigan Christian Coalition members helped collect 100,000 signatures on petitions to block casinos in Detroit. So far, Roman Catholic churches, with their bingo and Las Vegas nights, have been little help, while main-line Protestant churches just "like to pass...
...competition from Iowa. In New Orleans the gargantuan hulk of a half-built casino, slated to be the world's largest, sits rusting on the edge of the French Quarter. The builder, Harrah's Jazz Co., is bankrupt, done in by an overly optimistic tax deal with the state. Louisiana Governor Mike Foster, once a gambling booster, now wants to outlaw both casinos and video poker...