In 2006, The White House awarded Dr. Norman C. Francis the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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This file appears in: Streets on the Table Episode 6: Dr. Norman C. Francis

Streets on the Table Episode 6: Dr. Norman C. Francis

By Public history graduate students at the University of New Orleans

In 2019, the New Orleans City Council launched a city-wide effort to change the names of streets honoring white supremacists. While the city implemented its renaming efforts, a clear need for an…