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New Orleans marks anniversary of 4 girls integrating schools

Seven-year-old Elan Jolie Hebert reads a speech praising the "New Orleans Four:" Leona Tate, Gail Etienne, Tessie Prevost and Ruby Bridges, during a 61st anniversary ceremony at McDonogh 19 Elementary School in New Orleans, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. The four women were the first African Americans to integrate the all-white public schools in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Ted Jackson) Seven-year-old Elan Jolie Hebert folds her hands in prayer during the invocation for the New Orleans Four Day 61st anniversary ceremony in New Orleans, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. Three of the "New Orleans Four:" Leona Tate, far right, Gail Etienne, far left, and Tessie Prevost, not pictured, reenacted walking up the steps at McDonogh 19 Elementary School just as they did in 1960. The three women, along with Ruby Bridges, were the first African Americans to integrate the all-white public schools in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Ted Jackson) After finishing her speech, 7-year-old Elan Jolie Hebert gives Leona Tate a hug as Gail Etienne, back right, and Tessie Prevost, back center, look on from the second row during the New Orleans Four Day 61st anniversary ceremony in New Orleans, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. The three women, along with Ruby Bridges, were the first African Americans to integrate the all-white public schools in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Ted Jackson) Escorted by U.S. Marshal Brian Fair, left, Gail Etienne, with 6-year-old stand-in Brooklyn Charles, followed by Tessie Prevost and stand-in Elan Jolie Hebert, 7, walk the same steps at McDonogh 19 Elementary School as Etienne and Prevost did in 1960 as they reenact the historic day during the New Orleans Four Day 61st anniversary ceremony in New Orleans, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. Etienne and Prevost are two of the four women who were the first African Americans to integrate the all-white public schools in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Ted Jackson) Three of the "New Orleans Four," from left to right: Leona Tate, Gail Etienne and Tessie Prevost walk the same steps at McDonogh 19 Elementary School as they did in 1960, during the New Orleans Four Day 61st anniversary ceremony in New Orleans, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. The three women, along with Ruby Bridges, were the first African Americans to integrate the all-white public schools in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Ted Jackson) U.S. Marshals Maurice Lightfoot, Walter Martin and Brian Fair march ahead of the SUVs carrying three of the "New Orleans Four:" Leona Tate, Gail Etienne and Tessie Prevost, to the steps at McDonogh 19 Elementary School, just as marshals did in 1960, during the New Orleans Four Day 61st anniversary ceremony in New Orleans, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. The three women, along with Ruby Bridges, were the first African Americans to integrate the all-white public schools in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Ted Jackson) Escorted by U.S. marshals, three of the "New Orleans Four," from left to right: Leona Tate, Gail Etienne and Tessie Prevost are presented to the crowd on the steps of McDonogh 19 Elementary School, the same steps they climbed during integreation in 1960, as they were participate in the New Orleans Four Day 61st anniversary ceremony in New Orleans, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. The three women, along with Ruby Bridges, were the first African Americans to integrate the all-white public schools in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Ted Jackson) FILE - U.S. Deputy Marshals escort 6-year-old Ruby Bridges from William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, in this November 1960, file photo. New Orleans is marking the 61st anniversary of the integration of its public schools by four  6-year-old girls. Weekend events began with a Friday morning news conference at New Orleans City Hall and an evening screening of a video tribute to the four. A special church service and a motorcade are set for Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/File) The hundreds of people outside newly integrated McDonogh 19 Elementary School are held back by a line of city police officers in New Orleans on Nov. 14, 1960, as Deputy U.S. Marshals, in car at right, escort home the an African American students who entered school on federal court order. New Orleans is marking the 61st anniversary of the integration of its public schools by four  6-year-old girls. Weekend events began with a Friday morning news conference at New Orleans City Hall and an evening screening of a video tribute to the four. A special church service and a motorcade are set for Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo)