Mcdonogh Three News Today

This highly readable and engaging book tells the story of three six-year-old girls who were the first Black children to integrate a public school in...

The observance of Black History Month stretches the length of February.

Writer and librarian Vaunda Micheaux Nelson has made something of a specialty of bringing hitherto under-recognized African American heroes into prominence. In Small Shoes, Great Strides: How Three Brave Girls Opened Doors to School Equality, Nelson and illustrator Alex Bostic celebrate three very young heroes — first graders — in the fight to desegregate a New Orleans public school in 1960.

Tate, Etienne, and Prevost Interpretive Center. The mixed-use space will include affordable housing for seniors, community gathering areas, and an exhibit

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Walking up the 18 steps to the door of the former McDonogh 19...

In February, the school was added to the Louisiana Civil Rights Trail, a patchwork of historically significant places in the civil rights movement.

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.

On Feb. 1, the start of Black History Month, Leona Tate stood near the doorway she first entered more than 60 years ago as one of three Black students to integrate the McDonogh 19 Elementary School in New Orleans.

'We shouldn’t be going through this after 60 years': Civil rights pioneers react to continued fight for equality

A marker was established in New Orleans Tuesday that recognizes the "McDonogh Three," the students who integrated the city's schools in 1960.