Diversity Garden Dedication
This file appears in: Integrating Ben Franklin High School
In November 2013, one of the first African-American students organized an effort to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Ben Franklin's integration by establishing a Diversity Garden.
This file appears in: Integrating Ben Franklin High School
Integrating Ben Franklin High School
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 requirements, helped to break the lingering color…