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Feb 3, 2023 · Founded in 1940, Francis T. Nicholls Senior High School — now Frederick A. Douglass Senior High School — had a long history of venerating the Confederacy. The school was named for Francis T. Nicholls, a Confederate general who became the governor of Louisiana and a Louisiana Supreme Court justice.
Sep 21, 2008 · Built in the 1930s as a school for white students only, Douglass went by the name of Francis Nicholls, a general in the Confederate army. In 1967, black students integrating the school...
In 1940, a new public high school, Francis T. Nicholls High School, was opened at 3820 St. Claude Avenue in New Orleans. In the late 1990s the high school was renamed for former slave and abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass. It is now a charter school, part of the KIPP Family
Apr 13, 2016 · Available: Orleans Parish School Board Collection, Francis T. Nicholls High School Series, Earl K. Long Library, Louisiana and Special Collections Department, University of New Orleans.
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Jan 27, 2023 · For example, Francis T. Nicholls High School — named for a Confederate general — became Frederick Douglass High School, and Jefferson Davis Elementary School was renamed for...
Mar 11, 2019 · Nicholls-Douglass Alumni create board to keep legacy alive. Family, friends, students and alumni celebrated the installation of the first alumni association board of directors of the former Francis T. Nicholls High School, now known as KIPP Renaissance High School in the Lower Ninth Ward on Feb 16. The board of directors were sworn in by ...
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