Rudolph “Rudy” Lombard, pictured above, played prominent roles in civil rights activism. He participated in nonviolent direct action protests, pursued legal action, and convinced Norman C. Francis to provide housing to Freedom Riders at Xavier University.

ID: 6322 ~ Source: Ralph Uribe, Photo of New Orleans CORE chairman Rudy Lombard, The CORE Project, accessed July 13, 2022, http://www.thecoreproject.org/omeka/items/show/57.

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

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…