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

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Statue of John McDonogh in Lafayette Square, New Orleans, Louisiana — Public Domain

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McDonogh Day Boycott

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

John McDonogh was a wealthy businessman and owner of enslaved people during the early 19th century, when New Orleans was one of the nation's most prosperous cities. Upon his death in 1850, he donated much of his fortune to the education of "poor…