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School integration -- Louisiana -- New Orleans

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Catholic Council on Human Relations records

 Collection
Identifier: 077
Scope and Contents This collection includes a variety of materials regarding the Catholic Council on Human Relations (CCHR) and their work to desegregate New Orleans parochial schools. The collection includes correspondence by and to C. Ellic Henican, Charles Plauche, Henry Bezou, and Henry Cabirac. The collection includes the organization's foundational documents, collected publications, and financial materials. Much of the collection consists of correspondence between CCHR staff and directors,...
Dates: Created: 1955-1969; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1972

Community Relations Council of Greater New Orleans records

 Collection
Identifier: 097
Scope and Contents The records of the Community Relations Council of Greater New Orleans reflect the general objectives and other program activities adopted by this non-profit, interracial organization of about 800 members. The collection includes correspondence, minutes, and agendas and notices, as well as by-laws, reports, biographical material on members, financial records, news releases, printed items, and worksheets. Correspondence is arranged in chronological order. The reports deal with...
Dates: Created: 1965-1982; Other: Majority of material found in 1964-1974; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1983

Rosa Freeman Keller papers

 Collection
Identifier: 208
Scope and Contents The Rosa Freeman Keller papers consist of correspondence, news clippings, collected ephemera and publications, and photographs reflecting Rosa Keller's wide civic involvement and especially her activism in the areas of race relations and social welfare. Materials of note involve Keller's involvement with Dillard University and Flint-Goodridge Hospital; the Committee to Name Public Schools in New Orleans; and correspondence and other materials integral to the suit brought against Tulane...
Dates: Created: 1931-1998; Other: Majority of material found in 1954-1998; Other: Date acquired: 04/07/1971

Jane T. Lemann papers

 Collection
Identifier: 214
Scope and Contents The Jane T. Lemann papers reflect Lemann's wide civic involvement in New Orleans, particularly in areas pertaining to educational reform and student welfare.  Materials reflecting Lemann's involvement in efforts to desegregate the New Orleans Public Schools comprise the bulk of the collection.  The collection consists mostly of planning and meeting notes, reports, correspondence, collected ephemera and publications, and newsclippings.  Some materials pertain to Lemann's work with multiple...
Dates: Created: 1944-1966; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1983

Natalie Midlo collection

 Collection — 1 box
Identifier: 253
Scope and Contents This collection of approximately 70 items contains correspondence, bulletins, newspaper clippings, programs, sample forms, questionnaires, and sermons collected by Natalie Midlo. These materials reflect her civic activism and support of civil rights and school desegregation. Several items are from esoteric groups and express anti-Semitic and racist views, support segregated schools and white supremacy, state sovereignty, and other social and political issues. Included is an...
Dates: Created: 1830-1973; Other: Majority of material found in 1946-1973; Other: Date acquired: 02/01/1971

John P. Nelson papers

 Collection
Identifier: 269
Scope and Contents The papers document Nelson's active participation in the civil rights movement, school integration in New Orleans, and his work as an Assistant District Attorney for Orleans Parish. The papers of John P. Nelson, Jr. measure approximately 7.2 linear feet. There are 1,227 pieces of correspondence dated between 1957 and 1977. The papers also include magazine articles, speeches, a proposal, collected materials, notes, memoranda, agendas, reports, minutes, job descriptions, applications, resumes,...
Dates: Created: 1957-1977; Other: Date acquired: 06/06/1973

New Orleans school integration photographs

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2266
Scope and Contents

The collection contains nine photographs that document the integration of the public school system in New Orleans in November 1960. Individuals or scenes depicted include Ruby Bridges entering William Frantz Elementary School; Tessie Prevost entering McDonogh No. 19 Elementary School; Louisiana State Representative John Garrett; Federal judges Herbert Christenberry, J. Skelly Wright, and John Minor Wisdom; and protests against the integration of William Frantz and McDonogh No. 19.

Dates: Created: 1960-1961; Other: Date acquired: 04/30/1994

Charles B. Roussève papers

 Collection
Identifier: 320
Scope and Contents The papers of Charles B. Rousseve consist predominantly of collected items, both from his historical research and contemporary materials reflecting his varied interests. Primary subjects include publications from the 1890s from the Citizens' Committee (Comite des Citoyens), which brought the Plessy v. Ferguson case to the United States Supreme Court; poetry and other literature written in Reconstruction-era New Orleans; the desegregation of public and...
Dates: Created: 1842-1994; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1984

Save Our Schools records

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 329
Scope and Contents The Save Our Schools records document the efforts by this organization, which was founded in April 1960 to maintain free public education in New Orleans during the integration of the public school system. The collection contains organizational records, as well as newspaper clippings and publications collected by SOS and its members. The bulk of the materials within the Save Our Schools collection spans the years 1957 to 1962, with correspondence dating from 1960 to 1962. The...
Dates: Created: 1957-1963; Other: Date acquired: 11/01/1978

A.M. Trudeau Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2180
Scope and Contents The A. M. Trudeau, Jr. papers consist of two folders of correspondence and printed ephemera.  These pertain to the Supreme Court cases in which Trudeau was involved.  The correspondence consists largely of Trudeau’s outgoing carbons recommending local African American civil leaders to various posts.  Notable items include Trudeau’s letter to President Gerald Ford recommending  Revius O. Ortique, Jr. for the United States District Court and letters of recommendation for Clarence Barney of the...
Dates: Created: 1962-1975; Other: Date acquired: 11/01/1982