At just six years old, Tessie Prevost was key in the desegregation of New Orleans schools, when she, along with classmates Gail Etienne and Leona Tate attended McDonough 19 Elementary School in 1960. Prevost died at the age of 69 on July 6.
Classmate remembers Tessie Provost, key to New Orleans school desegregation, as a soldier and leader
