Mural vandalized at civil rights center recently opened by women who desegregated NOLA schools
Mural vandalized at civil rights center opened by women who helped desegregate NOLA schools
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Mural vandalized at civil rights center opened by women who helped desegregate NOLA schools
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.
The first-ever permanent museum exhibit dedicated to the Civil Rights Movement in Louisiana was formally opened at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on Monday by Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser,
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