Watch the stream of the funeral service here.
Francis, who died late last month at the age of 94, served as president of Xavier University of Louisiana for nearly five decades, from 1968 to 2015.
Dorothy Prevost was the mother of the late Tessie Prevost, one of the New Orleans Four, the brave 6-year-old girls who ...
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans will celebrate the life of civil rights leader and former Xavier University president Dr. Norman C. Francis in a multi-day ceremony. Francis, who led Xavier for 46 years and ...
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The stained-mahogany casket of Norman C. Francis rested in its place of honor in the center aisle of St. Louis Cathedral. Around it sat mayors, judges, a congressman, civic leaders, artists, singers ...
Dorothy Prevost, mother of one of the New Orleans Four, will lie in repose Friday, March 13 at Gallier Hall with funeral services Saturday, March 14.
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