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Feb 3, 2023 · Founded in 1940, Francis T. Nicholls Senior High School — now Frederick A. Douglass Senior High School — had a long history of venerating the Confederacy. The school was named for Francis T. Nicholls, a Confederate general who became the governor of Louisiana and a Louisiana Supreme Court justice.
Apr 13, 2016 · Amid mass charter school development and the School Facilities Master Plan aimed at reconstructing the city’s education landscape, Douglass remained one of the only open access public high schools in the historic Upper 9th Ward.
- Kristen L. Buras
- 2015
Building Renaissance is a 4-minute documentary on the 7000+ hours that went into preparing the Frederick Douglass High School building, formerly Francis T. Nicholls…
- 4 min
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- KippRenaissance
the name was changed to Frederick Douglass High School. From 1880 until 1939, another school, McDonogh No. 12, stood on that block; it was demolished to make way for Nicholls.
The Nicholls, Douglass, Renaissance Bobcat Alumni Association (NDR Bobcat Alumni Association) was formed to: To serve and promote the educational interests of the former Francis T. Nicholls, Frederick A Douglass and KIPP Renaissance Senior High Schools in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Alumni of the former Francis T. Nicholls High School in New Orleans, Louisiana. High school is now named Frederick A. Douglass High School.
The building that once housed Francis T. Nicholls High School (later renamed Frederick Douglass High School) was severely damaged. In 2006, classmate Al Ohm returned to the old neighborhood and took a number of photographs.
