It was originally intended to be a revival of Southern University, which had recently relocated from Uptown New Orleans to Baton Rouge due to racist opposition to an HBCU being in the neighborhood. Xavier Prep was established in 1915 by Saint Katharine Drexel its first president was a Josephite priest. Īndrew Vanacore of The Times Picayune wrote in 2013 that "Xavier Prep has evolved over nearly a century into a symbol of achievement for girls from the city's black middle class." The school closed that same year, later reopened as St. The Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament founded, owned and operated the school, having opened it in 1915 as what would eventually become Xavier University of Louisiana. Xavier University Preparatory School was a private, Catholic high school in New Orleans, Louisiana. Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
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