It's been more than 62 years since Leona Tate, Gail Etienne, and Tessie Prevost walked into McDonogh 19 Elementary School. It was a short walk but one of the most historic as the three desegregated the school, while Ruby Bridges integrated a different school just blocks away.
The Leona Tate Foundation for Change helped renovate the school to become the Tate, Etienne and Prevost Interpretive Center, which Leona Tate told CBS News will"educate those that didn't know about the integration and the desegregation of public schools." "When I come through the doors and I'm inside, this is like heaven," he said."This is a special spot."On the morning of Nov. 14, 1960, 6-year-olds Tate, Etienne and Prevost were met with roars of protesters. The group walked alongside U.S. Marshals to become the first African Americans to help integrate into White-only public elementary schools in New Orleans.
Gail Etienne said she could not understand at the time why people were protesting her arrival at a White-only public elementary school in New Orleans. One by one, every single student left the classroom except for the three as a sign of protest. This would remain for the rest of the school year. , who enrolled at William Frantz Elementary School on the same day— leaving the remaining three forgotten.
Glad these women are being recognized as Civil Rights pioneers for integrating schools alongside Ruby Bridges.
Was this around the same time joe Biden said he didn’t want his children growing up in a racial jungle?
Biden should remember those days.
See but now . Not ok to have a all white school but it's ok to have a all black school how is that not racist . Why are people today who say u white u can't do that but if u black u can . We live in a hypocritical world I see .
Yawn
To all the ungrateful black people & others who like to talk down on black progress or claim there's no systematic racism this is a reminder that just 60 years ago black & white kids couldn't sit in the same classroom. Salute brave ladies.
Start focusing on the OH train environmental catastrophe. Are you still a viable NEWS agency? Hello, anyone there?
Remember: Biden supported Segregationist, voted against bussing and opposes school choice for minorities. His crime bill locked up tens of thousands of black men and women. He even helped re-elect a former KKK chapter leader Robert Byrd.