Drolet, Jerome Andrew, 1908-1995

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In 1960, Catholic priest Jerome A. Drolet escorted Methodist minister Lloyd Andrew Foreman and Foreman's daughter, Pamela Lynn, to William Frantz elementary school. Drolet supported Foreman in ignoring the Citizens' Council boycott of William Frantz elementary school following its November desegregation. The Foreman family was harassed by white segregationists until they left the state in mid-December of the same year.

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Drolet, Jerome Andrew, 1908-1995

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WSB-TV newsfilm clip of the William Frantz and McDonogh elementary schools after court-ordered desegregation, white demonstrators protesting integration, and a segregated cooperative school in New Orleans, Louisiana, 1960 December

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1960-12
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Drolet, Jerome Andrew, 1908-1995

WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection