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Sybil Morial admires the first marker for the Louisiana Civil Rights Trail unveiled May 3 at Dooky Chase s Restaurant in New Orleans. The trail is a project of the Louisiana Office of Tourism led by Louisiana Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser (pink tie). The markers, shaped like a person carrying a protest sign, were designed by artist Ernest M. English (white jacket). (Screenshot of video from Louisiana Office of Tourism) NEW ORLEANS â Last month, as her audience lunched on fried chicken and mustard greens, Sybil Morial summarized why the first marker for the Louisiana Civil Rights Trail was installed outside the dining roomâs door, in front of Dooky Chaseâs Restaurant.
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Louisiana unveils civil rights markers honoring the courage of activists and the places they organized and boycotted for change
Updated 1:34 PM ET, Sat May 8, 2021
The 6-foot tall steel silhouette that marks the first bus boycott in the nation stands outside the Old State Capitol building in Baton Rouge. (CNN) Courage over oppression is the message the Louisiana Office of Tourism is pressing into with the installation of historical markers memorializing significant locations that were crucial to the Civil Rights Movement around the state.
Similar to the US project of the same name, the Louisiana Civil Rights Trail already has the first three markers in place.