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Noted New Orleans social services group drops racist’s name

FILE - Former Presidents George H.W. Bush, left, and Bill Clinton shake hands on May 12, 2006, at the Kingsley House in New Orleans where they announced several grants from the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund totalling $9.7 million. The social services nonprofit, may be best known as the Kingsley House, has dropped the name of a Victorian clergyman Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, who is best remembered today as the author of a children's fantasy novel but held profoundly racist views. (AP Photo/Cheryl Gerber, File) FILE - Presidential hopeful, former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, left, talks to children in a head start class during a campaign stop at Kingsley House in New Orleans on July 16, 2007. The social services nonprofit, may be best known as the Kingsley House, has dropped the name of a Victorian clergyman Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, who is best remembered today as the author of a children's fantasy novel but held profoundly racist views. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Noted New Orleans social services group drops racist’s name