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First graders led the desegregation of New Orleans’ public schools in November 1960. Bettmann via Getty

New Orleans schools still separate and unequal 70 years after Brown v. Board of Education

Connie L. Schaffer, University of Nebraska Omaha; Martha Graham Viator, Rowan University, and Meg White, Stockton University

On Nov. 15, 1960, four Black first graders desegregated New Orleans schools. One of them was Tessie Prevost, who died in July 2024 with the promises of the post-Brown era still unfulfilled.
A U.S. Federal Marshal escorts Gail Etienne to her first day of school on Nov. 14, 1960. Underwood Archives/Getty Images

A New Orleans community center rises from its ugly history as a segregated school

Connie L. Schaffer, University of Nebraska Omaha; Martha Graham Viator, Rowan University, and Meg White, Stockton University

In the early 1960s, the McDonogh 19 school was the site of fierce opposition to racial integration. The building is now owned by one of the Black girls who first integrated the school.

Related Topics

  1. African Americans
  2. Brown v. Board of Education
  3. Desegregation
  4. Hurricane Katrina
  5. Louisiana
  6. New Orleans
  7. New Orleans schools
  8. Racism
  9. School integration

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