Community Intimidation

ID: 2668
This file appears in: Integrating Ben Franklin High School

Groups like the White Citizens Council had a strong presence and influence in the social and political environment of the Deep South. Though its not clear who was responsible for the "KKK" vandalism on the statue of Ben Franklin, the destructive act reflects the intimidation and terror that still existed.

This file appears in: Integrating Ben Franklin High School

By Graham Cooper
In the fall of 1963, Ben Franklin High School became the first New Orleans public high school to integrate. Fourteen African American students, all of whom met Franklin's stringent admissions…