Photo of historical marker in front of McDonogh 19 detailing the integration of public schools in New Orleans in 1960.
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Quentin Melson, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
This file appears in: McDonogh 19: Desegregation of the New Orleans School System
McDonogh 19: Desegregation of the New Orleans School System
On November 14, 1960, three African American girls Leona Tate, Tessie Prevost, and Gail Etienne walked into McDonogh 19 Elementary School to attend their first-grade classes, integrating the…