School desegregation begins in New Orleans
On the morning of November 14, 1960, four black girls—Ruby Bridges, Tessie Prevost, Gail Etienne, and Leona Tate—entered first grade at McDonogh No. 19 and William Frantz elementary schools, formerly all-white schools located in lower-income, predominantly white neighborhoods. (A fifth black student, also slated to attend a white school, was removed at the last minute when it was discovered that her parents had not been married when she was born.)
