Through a Crowd, Bravely Part I - 50th Anniversary of Public School Desegregation in New Orleans

A November 2010 reunion and panel discussion on the integration of New Orleans' William Frantz and McDonogh No. 19 elementary schools. Panelists include Leona Tate, Tessie Prevost Williams, and Gail Etienne Stripling, who integrated McDonogh No. 19 Elementary School on November 14, 1960, as well as retired Deputy U.S. Marshals Herschel Garner, Al Butler, and Charlie Burks, who assisted with the integration efforts at the schools. This gathering was the first time Ms. Tate, Ms. Williams, and Ms. Stripling reunited with the marshals since November 1960. The panel was moderated by Alan Wieder, who has written extensively on the desegregation of New Orleans schools, and was co-sponsored by the Amistad Research Center, the Louisiana Center for Civil Rights and Social Justice, the U.S. Marshals Museum, and the Tulane University Department of History.

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