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New Orleans marks 61st anniversary of public school integration, pays tribute to women
NEW ORLEANS - They were only 6 years old, aware of the tumult going on about them but not completely understanding the importance of what they were doing."I was just afraid. I didn't know what was going on and what they were thinking," Gail Etienne said of the angry crowds on the day, 61 years ago, when she was escorted into McDonogh 19 elementary school in New Orleans.