Wagner, Emile
Biography:
Emile Wagner was one of five members of the Orleans Parish school board in 1960 during the school integration crisis. Wagner was an ardent segregationist and refused to cooperation with the other board members who worked to comply with court orders to integrate. Wagner finally resigned from the school board in August 1962.
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection (Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Orleans Parish School Board president Lloyd Rittiner and member Emile Wagner speaking about court-ordered school desegregation in New Orleans, Louisiana, 1960 (news)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Orleans Parish School Board president Lloyd Rittiner and member Emile Wagner speaking about court-ordered school desegregation in New Orleans, Louisiana, 1960 (moving images)