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GMA Dave Trips: Black History-Segregated Schools In St. Landry Parish
Honoring Students and Teachers at a Former Segregated Schools
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Segregation infiltrated everything in the south at one time. This included businesses, parks, pools, and restaurants. It wasn t until the mid 1970s that full integration of Louisiana schools was complete.
In Melville, the Black high school was called Phillis Wheatley High School. Pat Mason Guillory and Augusta Carmen Rideaux were students there in the 60s. Guillory recalls, We knew we went to the black school and others went to the white school. We had to go into a certain side of the store.we had to do that, but we didn t know no other way, we had to.
GMA Dave Trips: Opelousas Museum & Interpretive Center
Museum Closed During Pandemic Needs Support When it Reopens
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and last updated 2021-02-05 05:30:22-05
A couple of years ago, I paid a visit to the Opelousas Museum and Interpretive Center. Since the pandemic, the physical location of the museum has been closed. The stories of some of the people that are highlighted by the museum, offer a glimpse of the past, that has helped shape the future.
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The museum was the vision of Mayor John Joseph. He was the first African American mayor of Opelousas. He took office in the late 1980s, and had the museum up and running in 1992. Mayor Joseph said it was one of his biggest accomplishments while he was in office.