RODOLPHE DESDUNES

(Rodolphe Lucien Desdunes)


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Rodolphe Desdunes

Colored people have largely patronized the railroads heretofore. They can withdraw their patronage from these corporations and travel only by necessity.
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After the Civil War, transportation was racially integrated in Louisiana, but in 1890 the Separate Car Act was passed and unsuccessfully challenged in Plessy v. Furgeson. In the first call for a civil rights economic boycott:

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Rodolphe Desdunes
  • Born: November 15, 1849
  • Died: August 14, 1928
  • Nationality:
  • Profession: Customs Officer, Journalist, Historian
Biography

Rodolphe Lucien Desdunes was a civil rights activist, poet, historian, journalist, and customs officer primarily active in New Orleans, Louisiana. Later in life he moved to Omaha, Nebraska, where his son Daniel had settled.