This week, 60 Minutes reported on St. Mary's Academy, a Catholic school for young Black women in New Orleans, Louisiana. Correspondent Bill Whitaker met two former students, Calcea Johnson and Ne ...

NEW ORLEANS — St. Mary’s Academy received the first of ten $100K checks from former NBA star and sports commentator Charles Barkley last Friday. “We are forever grateful for Mr. Barkley’s ...

We too have seen it in the media,” Rogers said. “We are extremely excited and very, very grateful that Mr. Barkley has chosen to donate to us a million dollars.” ...

(St. Mary’s Academy New Orleans) Several alumni from St. Mary’s Academy have since congratulated the girls on their presentation. “I am in awe of these wonderful young ladies!” wrote one ...

Bill Whitaker is an award-winning journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent who has covered major news stories, domestically and across the globe, for more than four decades with CBS News.

In August 2023, the John F. Kennedy Catholic Preparatory School & St. Mary’s Academy community welcomed a new addition to its leadership, Mr. Gregory Viceroy, who has taken up the role of ...