The story
The 1929 Lower Ninth Ward school where Leona Tate, Tessie Prevost and Gail Etienne broke the color line; closed after Katrina, reopened 2022 as the TEP Center.
Everything that was here
- 1929–2005
McDonogh 19 Elementary SchoolCivil Rights Site
Integrated November 14, 1960 by the McDonogh Three.
See the map in 1930 →
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Nearby history
William Frantz Elementary School
3811 North Galvez Street · 2.7 km away
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen #1
3209 St. Claude Avenue · 2.9 km away
Schwegmann's
2222 St. Claude Avenue · 3.2 km away
The store that brought self-service groceries to New Orleans.
Homer Plessy Arrest Site
700 Homer Plessy Way · 3.5 km away
Olympic Club
Royal Street at Montegut Street · 3.9 km away
Corbett knocked out Sullivan here, September 7, 1892.
Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro
626 Frenchmen Street · 4.3 km away
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