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Decades later, after desegregation and reorganization, the former Joseph Moore Davidson High School is now known as Tensas High School, one of only three schools still operated by the parish school board,, which manages a decreasing pupil population in the smallest parish in Louisiana. Most of the minority of whites in the parish attend the private  Tensas Academy in St. Joseph.<ref>''Tensas Gazette'', May 12, 2010</ref> Nearly all African Americans of school age are enrolled in public schools, which have struggled financially and with weak pupil performance for many years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20130713/NEWS01/307130026/Proficiency-slips-in-Tensas-Franklin-Parish-schools|title=Barbara Leader, "Proficiency slips in Tensas, Franklin Parish schools", July 13, 2013|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=July 14, 2013}}</ref>​

Decades later, after desegregation and reorganization, the former Joseph Moore Davidson High School is now known as Tensas High School, one of only three schools still operated by the parish school board,, which manages a decreasing pupil population in the smallest parish in Louisiana. Most of the minority of whites in the parish attend the private  Tensas Academy in St. Joseph.<ref>''Tensas Gazette'', May 12, 2010</ref> Nearly all African Americans of school age are enrolled in public schools, which have struggled financially and with weak pupil performance for many years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20130713/NEWS01/307130026/Proficiency-slips-in-Tensas-Franklin-Parish-schools|title=Barbara Leader, "Proficiency slips in Tensas, Franklin Parish schools", July 13, 2013|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=July 14, 2013}}</ref>​

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==Accidental death==​

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In January 1930, some eleven years after his son's death, Davidson died from an accidental fall. He slipped on an icy patch of sidewalk outside his office, fell, and fractured his skull. He was carried into his Bank of St. Joseph, of which he was the president, and there he lapsed into unconsciousness and died a few minutes later. Davidson's sudden demise brought an outpouring of emotion from all races and classes, "on every face of every color of every age," as the editor of the ''Tensas Gazette'' described the tragedy.<ref name=bio/>​

In January 1930, some eleven years after his son's death, Davidson died from an accidental fall. He slipped on an icy patch of sidewalk outside his office, fell, and fractured his skull. He was carried into his Bank of St. Joseph, of which he was the president, and there he lapsed into unconsciousness and died a few minutes later. Davidson's sudden demise brought an outpouring of emotion from all races and classes, "on every face of every color of every age," as the editor of the ''Tensas Gazette'' described the tragedy.<ref name=bio/>​