Buddy Adams, long time New Orleans resident, reflects on his time attending McDonogh 23.

ID: 1684 ~ Source: Video courtesy of Dr. Michael Mizell-Nelson. ~ Creator: Oral history interview conducted by Dr. Michael Mizell-Nelson.
This file appears in: McDonogh No. 23
This file appears in: McDonogh No. 23

By Adrienne Luck
Several years after New Orleans annexed the Town of Carrollton in 1874, the former Carrollton Courthouse began to be used as a public school. The city was able to make the purchase because of the donations of John McDonogh. In 1889, after…