Dr. Leona Tate, NPS Grants Recipient and Civil Rights Leader
Dr. Leona Tate, NPS Grants Recipient and Civil Rights Leader  
Podcast: My Park Story
Published On: Wed Nov 15 2023
Description: In 1960, when Leona Tate was only six years old, she became a civil rights leader in her community as she and two other Black girls desegregated New Orleans’ McDonogh Public School. Decades later, Dr. Tate reopened the closed McDonogh school building using National Park Service grants totaling in $1.5 million dollars in funding. The building, now known as the TEP Center, operates as a community and education center as well as affordable housing for seniors.