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ABOUT
US
A Great Day in
Blackis
an exciting new multifaceted project that celebrates the
achievements of African-American members of the judiciary in
Greater New Orleans. The project is intended to acquaint the
public with the operations of the judicial system and the ways in
which it shapes the civic, economic and cultural environment in
our community.
The signature component of A Great Day in Black is a
photographic exhibition featuring a group portrait of more than 40
contemporary New Orleans jurists along with individual
photographic portraits of each justice/judge, video interviews,
interpretive text panels and personal artifacts documenting their
paths to the bench. The exhibition will also feature a memorial
section on New Orleans’ pioneering African-American jurists
including such trailblazers as the late Ernest N. Morial, Israel
Augustine, Okla Jones, Nils Douglas, Lionel Collins and others.
A Great Day in Blackwill
be unveiled to the public on February 12, 2005, during a gala
celebration at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in downtown
New Orleans. At the opening gala, a special tribute will also be
paid to former Justice Revius O. Ortique Jr., the first African
American elected to the Louisiana Supreme Court; Justice Bernette
J. Johnson, the first African-American woman on the Louisiana
Supreme Court; and Judge Joan Bernard Armstrong, the first African
American chief judge of the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of
Appeal.
A Great Day in Blackhas
been conceived and developed under the guidance of a large
advisory committee of prominent New Orleanians representing
diverse professional and social spheres. The Liberty Foundation, a
nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, is serving as the fiscal agent
for charitable contributions and gifts to support this vital
educational project.
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