Central City residents are already concerned about the Orleans Parish School Board's
deliberations over the fate of Mahalia Jackson Elementary, James said, so neighborhood leaders are seeking a stronger role in other educational options.
José Alberto Cabranes, who later went on to become the first Puerto Rican to be appointed to a federal judgeship, published an exhaustive review of the legislative
deliberations over the question of Puerto Rico's political
fate following America's annexation of the island.