Heralded as champions by President Michael A. Fitts during his address, the Class of 2023 gathered under the lights of Yulman Stadium to celebrate their academic achievements during the Unified Commencement Ceremony held on May 20.

A Tulane Law grad delves into the ins and outs of the 19th-century U.S. Supreme Court decision, Plessy v. Ferguson, which was the rationale for Jim Crow racial segregation laws until another landmark case, Brown v. Board of Education, overturned them in 1954.