Edmunds' Obituary.

ID: 5437 ~ Source: Microfilm. Jefferson Parish Regional Library. ~ Creator: The Daily Picayune, New Orleans. ~ Date: July 3, 1887.

This file appears in: Edgar Joseph Edmunds: Teacher Defies New Orleans's Racial Segregation of Schools in 1875

This file appears in: Edgar Joseph Edmunds: Teacher Defies New Orleans's Racial Segregation of Schools in 1875

Edgar Joseph Edmunds: Teacher Defies New Orleans's Racial Segregation of Schools in 1875

By August Darbonne & Kathryn O'Dwyer, Editor

Edgar Joseph Edmunds was born January 26, 1851, in New Orleans to Edgar and Rose Euphemie Foy Edmunds, free people of color. Edmunds graduated fifth among a class of over 200 students at the…