New Orleans community leaders announced the 65th New Orleans Four Legacy Weekend to be set for November 14–16.
Sixty-five years after four six-year-old girls shattered the color barrier in New Orleans public schools, the city is preparing to honor their courage with a weekend of remembrance and renewed activism. On Tuesday, August 5, community leaders, educators, and civil rights pioneers gathered at Basin Street Station to announce the 65th New Orleans Four Legacy Weekend, set for November 14–16.
The commemoration will pay tribute to Gail Etienne, Ruby Bridges, Leona Tate, and Tessie Prevost, who in 1960 bravely entered McDonogh 19 and William Frantz Elementary Schools, facing jeers, death threats, and racial slurs…