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Lt. Gov. Landrieu, Louisiana State Museum Present "Let Your Motto Be Resistance" -- 03/12/2008

MEDIA ADVISORY

Office of Lieutenant Governor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 12, 2008

CONTACT:
Seth Harvey
(225) 342-8153
sharvey@crt.state.la.us

LT. GOVERNOR LANDRIEU, LOUISIANA STATE MUSEUM PRESENT LET YOUR MOTTO BE RESISTANCE

NEW ORLEANS - Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu and the Louisiana State Museum will present the celebrated exhibition Let Your Motto Be Resistance, a collection of 100 photographs selected from the National Portrait Gallery that highlight African American resistance over more than 150 years of U.S. history.

The theme of the exhibition, Let Your Motto Be Resistance, was inspired by the words of Henry Highland Garnet, an abolitionist and clergyman. On August 16, 1843, Garnet spoke to a group of northern free blacks gathered to discuss the future prospects of black America. Frustrated at the lack of progress, he advocated action:

Strike for your lives and liberties....Let your motto be Resistance! Resistance! RESISTANCE!

The photographs illuminate the variety of ways that African Americans resisted and redefined an America that needed but rarely accepted its black citizens. Subjects in this show range from Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and Edmonia Lewis, to W.E.B. Du Bois, Lorraine Hansberry and Wynton Marsalis.

The exhibition has been organized by the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture in collaboration with the National Portrait Gallery.

  • WHO: Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu; Dawn Watson, Secretary of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism; Carolyn K. Carr, acting director and chief curator of the National Portrait Gallery
  • WHAT: Press Conference announcing Let Motto Be Your Resistance
  • WHEN: 1:30 p.m., Thursday, March 13, 2008
  • WHERE: Louisiana State Museum - Old U.S. Mint, 400 Esplanade Ave., New Orleans

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