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Leona Tate

Leona Tate, 64, who helped to desegregate the Deep South when she was six years old.
Education

As a Six-Year-Old, Leona Tate Helped Desegregate Schools. Now She Wants Others to Learn That History.

Tate plans to open an educational center in the New Orleans school she attended as one of only three black students in 1960.

By Katy Reckdahl