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The Peter Claver Building, a historic building in New Orleans, Louisiana served as national headquarters of the organization during 1951 to 1974, when a new, adjacent building was constructed. [8] The KPC headquarters also served as the office space for the attorney A. P. Tureaud, Sr. during his crusade against legalized segregation.
The French Hospital on Orleans Avenue, 1937. The Peter Claver Building, previously the French Hospital, was a historic building in New Orleans, Louisiana.It occupied the square bounded by Orleans, Derbigny, Ann Street, and Roman Streets, just back from Claiborne Avenue.
Geddes was a member of the NAACP, the YWCA, and the Ladies Auxiliary of the Knights of Peter Claver. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] [ 2 ] She died on February 20, 1970, in New Orleans .
The Knights of Peter Claver, Inc., is the largest African-American Catholic fraternal organization in the United States. In 2006, a unit was established in San Andres, Colombia. The Order was founded in Mobile, Alabama, and is presently headquartered in New Orleans. [7]
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Harold Robert Perry, S.V.D. (October 9, 1916 – July 17, 1991) was an African-American clergyman of the Catholic Church.An auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New Orleans for more than twenty years beginning in 1966, he was the first openly African-American Catholic bishop, the second overall, and the first since 1875.
Fernand Cheri was born on January 28, 1952, in New Orleans to Fernand Jr. and Gladys Cheri. He received his high school education at St. John Vianney Preparatory Seminary in New Orleans. He went on to study at St. Joseph Seminary College in Covington, Louisiana, and Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans. [1]