| | Lieutenant Davidson was a graduate of Culver Military Academy in [[Indiana]], the [[University of Michigan]], and the [[George Washington University]] Law School in [[Washington, D.C.]], where he also was a staff member for [[U.S. Senator]] Joseph E. Ransdell (1858-1954) of Lake Providence, a foremost spokesman for delta interests. Citizens in 1926 named the high school in St. Joseph in Davidson's honor.<ref name=bio/> | | Lieutenant Davidson was a graduate of Culver Military Academy in [[Indiana]], the [[University of Michigan]], and the [[George Washington University]] Law School in [[Washington, D.C.]], where he also was a staff member for [[U.S. Senator]] Joseph E. Ransdell (1858-1954) of Lake Providence, a foremost spokesman for delta interests. Citizens in 1926 named the high school in St. Joseph in Davidson's honor.<ref name=bio/> |
| − | 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|author=Barbara Leader|title="Proficiency slips in Tensas, Franklin Parish schools," July 13, 2013|publisher=''[[Monroe News Star''|accessdate=July 14, 2013}}</ref> |