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The Tate Etienne and Prevost Center

The TEP Interpretive Center’s mission is to teach, exhibit, and engage visitors in the history of civil rights in New Orleans.

Street view of the newly remodeled TEP Center, a wide, three-story former public school building in beige brick, against a clear blue sky, with two large trees in front of it.
  • 63rd Anniversary of NOLA Public School Desegregation Gala
    63rd Anniversary of NOLA Public School Desegregation Gala
    Fri, Nov 17
    Tate, Etienne, & Prevost Center
    Nov 17, 2023, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
    Tate, Etienne, & Prevost Center, 5909 St Claude Ave, New Orleans, LA 70117, USA
    A Celebration in honor of the 63rd Anniversary of New Orleans Public School Desegregation.
  • LTFC Blazing the Trail Bus Ride: The US Marshals Museum
    LTFC Blazing the Trail Bus Ride: The US Marshals Museum
    Fri, Jul 14
    Tate, Etienne, & Prevost Center
    Jul 14, 2023, 6:00 AM CDT – Jul 17, 2023, 12:00 AM CDT
    Tate, Etienne, & Prevost Center, 5909 St Claude Ave, New Orleans, LA 70117, USA
    An exciting bus tour to Ft. Smith, Arkansas, with Civil Rights Pioneer Dr. Leona Tate to visit the new US Marshals Museum and National Learning Center.
  • NOLA Public School Desegregation Anniversary Gala
    NOLA Public School Desegregation Anniversary Gala
    Fri, Nov 18
    New Orleans
    Nov 18, 2022, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    New Orleans, 5909 St Claude Ave, New Orleans, LA 70117, USA
    A Celebration in honor of the 62nd Anniversary of New Orleans Public School Desegregation.
  • The TEP Talk Series: New Orleans Public School Desegregation and The Family Dynamic
    The TEP Talk Series: New Orleans Public School Desegregation and The Family Dynamic
    Wed, Jul 27
    https://us06web.zoom.us/j/99230760773?pwd=M
    Jul 27, 2022, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CDT
    https://us06web.zoom.us/j/99230760773?pwd=M
    The TEP Talk Series is a monthly forum highlighting untold stories of the Civil Rights Movement in New Orleans and connecting them to present social justice issues. Our focus is to teach history from the first-person accounts of those who lived it. The history that took place at the historic TEP.
  • TEP Center Ribbon Cutting
    TEP Center Ribbon Cutting
    Wed, May 04
    Tate Etienne & Prevost Center
    May 04, 2022, 12:30 PM – 4:30 PM CDT
    Tate Etienne & Prevost Center , 5909 St Claude Ave, New Orleans, LA 70117, USA
    Celebrating the renovation project transforming Historic McDonogh 19 Elementary School into the Tate Etienne & Prevost Center.
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Leona Tate and her Mother 

McDonogh No 19 Elementary School 1960

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