Exchange Place: How A Small Struggling School Transformed Civil Rights in New Orleans and the Nation

Ep. 7 Economic Apartheid

June 16, 2023 The 431 Exchange; Mya Carter (Host); Kevin Gullage (Music) Season 1 Episode 7
Exchange Place: How A Small Struggling School Transformed Civil Rights in New Orleans and the Nation
Ep. 7 Economic Apartheid
Show Notes

Episode 7. Economic Apartheid. The Adult Education Center was the inspiration of Father Timothy Gibbons. But, at every stage, Gibbons was guided by one of New Orleans’ most influential educators and civil rights leaders, Norman Francis, the future President of Xavier University. It was Dr. Francis who encouraged Father Gibbons to focus on a vocational school to train women as secretaries because he believed, if it was training Black women for any other profession, no matter how talented those women were, they would simply be handed a mop and broom by an intransigent business community.

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