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Bookmark or Share- Meet 3 unsung civil rights pioneers who helped desegregate ...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...
- About | New Orleans | Leona Tate FoundationLeona Tate played a crucial early role in the Civil Rights Movement, becoming one of the first African Americans to attend a formerly white-only school in Louisiana.
- Home | New Orleans | Leona Tate FoundationLeona Tate played a crucial early role in the Civil Rights Movement, becoming one of the first African Americans to attend a formerly white-only school in Louisiana. In 2009, she created the Leona Tate Foundation for Change (LTFC)...
- Desegregation pioneer Leona Tate preserves civil rights ...One of the McDonogh 3, Tessie Prevost, died earlier this month. Leona Tate, now 69, hopes a new generation will see the need to preserve New Orleans’ civil rights history.
- Story | The New Orleans Legacy ProjectOn the faithful morning of November 14, 1960, Leona Tate, Ruby Bridges, Gail Etienne and Tessie Prevost became the first African Americans to integrate formerly white only public elementary schools in New Orleans.
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