Let's Do Lunch

ID: 4425 ~ Source: UNO Archives (MSS 159), Courtesy of Louisiana and Special Collections, Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans.
This file appears in: Louise Williams Arnolie Deck at the University Center
Let's Do Lunch

The LSUNO cafeteria was the only part of the campus that was segregated when the school opened. Following student protests and threats of another lawsuit from attorney Tureaud, the cafeteria was integrated without incident, as shown here, in the spring 1961.

This file appears in: Louise Williams Arnolie Deck at the University Center

By Becky Retz
Enter the University Center at the top of the horseshoe driveway. To your left is the university cafeteria, renamed in 2014 for Louise Williams Arnolie, one of the original 55 African-American students and the first of her group to graduate from the…