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March 17

 
1863 -- Homer Plessy is Born

In 1892, Homer Plessy challenged a two-year-old street car law that separated passengers traveling on trains in Louisiana. His action made him a plaintiff and defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court Case of Plessy vs. Ferguson in 1896.
 

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March 17, 1930, when the managers of the Delta Steamship Company, then the
Mississippi Steamship Company, summoned their 80 employees in the Hibernia Bank
Building in downtown New Orleans and initiated a daily 3:30 p.m. coffee recess.
Company scouts had found the custom to be very well-received in Brazil and
adopted the idea for its New Orleans office. The tradition started by the
shipping company spread like wildfire, and in a short time completely saturated
the entire metropolitan area, which only goes to prove good news travels fast.


Source: Buddy Stall at
http://clarionherald.org/20020828/stall.htm