Iberia African American Historical Society "Celebrating the True and Inclusive History of Iberia Parish"
First Lecture in the New Fall LEH Series
Hosted by Ruth Foote
In April 1954, a month before the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Western District of Louisiana ordered the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, then known as the Southwestern Louisiana Institute, to admit African American students into its fold.
For the first of this three-part series, Ruth Foote will lead a discussion on the 76 black students who integrated the University of Louisiana at Lafayette 70 years ago. The lecture will take place on Thurs., Sept. 19, at 5:30 p.m. at the Shadows Visitor Center (320 E. Main St., New Iberia).
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