McDonogh 19 Elementary School
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{{Infobox NRHP
|name = McDonogh 19 Elementary School
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|location = 5909 St. Claude Ave., New Orleans, Louisiana
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|built = 1929
|architect = E.A. Christy
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|architecture = Italian Renaissance Revival
|added = October 10, 2016
|area = less than one acre
|refnum = 16000672{{cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/Nr/feature/places/16000672.htm |title=McDonogh 19 Elementary School |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=August 10, 2019 }}
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McDonogh 19 Elementary School is an American elementary school located at 5909 St. Claude Avenue in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana. Along with William Frantz Elementary School, it was involved in the New Orleans school desegregation crisis during the early 1960s.
History
= Background =
The school was built in 1929. It was funded by John McDonogh through the McDonogh Fund which built schools in New Orleans and in Baltimore, Maryland. It was designed in Italian Renaissance Revival style by the New Orleans Parish School Board's architect E.A. Christy.
= Desegregation =
It was an all-white school, integrated in the fall of 1960 by three young black girls, Leona Tate, Tessie Prevost, and Gail Etienne, known as the McDonogh Three.{{cite web |author=Donna Fricker |author2=Alison Bordelon |date=March 2005 |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: McDonogh 19 Elementary School |url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/16000672.pdf |access-date=August 10, 2019 |publisher=National Park Service}} With historic photos, plans, and 44 photos from 2016.
=Post-integration=
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
In 2021, the building was purchased by Leona Tate and her foundation, to be transformed into a museum chronicling Civil Rights history with the help of Xavier University's [https://isp.xulastory.com/program Investigative Stories Program].
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Category:School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
Category:Italian Renaissance Revival architecture in the United States
Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1929
Category:Elementary schools in New Orleans
Category:Public elementary schools in Louisiana
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