Statue of John McDonogh in Lafayette Square, New Orleans, Louisiana

ID: 4731 ~ Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print ~ Creator: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer ~ Date: Created between 1980 and 2006

This file appears in: McDonogh Day Boycott: May 7, 1954

This file appears in: McDonogh Day Boycott: May 7, 1954

McDonogh Day Boycott: May 7, 1954

By Paper Monuments, Chris Daemmrich, Narrative & Shoshana Gordon, Artist

Paper Monument Project #002: On May 7, 1954, Lafayette Square was the site of one of the South's earliest organized civil rights protests centered on equality in public schooling. It was also one of…