Meet 3 unsung civil rights pioneers who helped desegregate schools in New Orleans
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It's been more than 62 years since Leona Tate, Gail Etienne, and Tessie Prevost walked into McDonogh 19 Elementary School. It was a short walk but one of the most historic as the three desegregated the school, while Ruby Bridges integrated a different school just blocks away.
What started as the center of pain for three little girls — nicknamed "The McDonogh Three" — has turned into one of hope for Tate, Etienne and Prevost, who recently returned to the school to turn it into an educational space that opened just a few months ago.
The elementary school was closed and had been vacant since Hurricane Katrina.
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