# Marie Couvent School in New Orleans, Orleans Parish

        The site of the first community school for Black children in the American South, established through the visionary philanthropy of free woman of color Marie Justine Couvent.

        ## Facts

        - Category: History
        - Best for: history, solo_travel, deep_dive, photography
        - Address: 1939 N Rampart St, New Orleans, LA 70116
        - Canonical URL: https://gydeinfo.com/new-orleans/places/marie-couvent-school/

        ## Sources

        - Claim source: [Archdiocese seeks to sell historic N.O. Black Catholic school](https://www.blackcatholicmessenger.org/couvent-school-sale/); source_type=manual; allowed_use=facts_with_citation
- Claim source: [Couvent School - Board of Directors, 1917](https://www.creolegen.org/2012/07/21/couvent-school-board-of-directors-1917/); source_type=manual; allowed_use=facts_with_citation
- Claim source: [Marie C. Couvent - The Historical Marker Database](https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=161741); source_type=manual; allowed_use=facts_with_citation
- Claim source: [Marie Couvent: A Controversial African-American Philanthropist](https://kentakepage.com/marie-couvent-a-controversial-african-american-philanthropist/); source_type=manual; allowed_use=facts_with_citation
- Claim source: [Testaments to the Life of Marie Couvent, a Former Slave in New Orleans](https://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/6186?lang=en); source_type=manual; allowed_use=facts_with_citation
- Claim source: [The Catholic Institution 'existed in the face of slavery, racism and ...'](https://veritenews.org/2025/01/06/catholic-institution-marie-couvent/); source_type=manual; allowed_use=facts_with_citation

        ## Booking CTAs

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        ## Machine-readable evidence

        - Evidence JSON: https://gydeinfo.com/new-orleans/places/marie-couvent-school.evidence.json
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