From High School Student to History Maker
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Joseph Narcisse (tall young man in back row), one of the 55 African-American students who integrated LSUNO in 1958, is pictured here with a group of his friends shortly before graduating from St. Augustine High School.
This file appears in: Taking the Elysian Fields Bus to UNO in 1958
Taking the Elysian Fields Bus to UNO in 1958
Begin this tour by climbing aboard the 55 Elysian Fields bus, just as many black students did on their first day of classes in September 1958. The bus runs from Canal Street, through the French…