Civil Rights Museum Advisory Board public meetings in 2025
4 substantive meetings from 2025, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Civil Rights Museum Advisory Board
The Louisiana Civil Rights Museum Advisory Board will convene at The Blake Hotel to approve minutes, hear reports from the chair, director, content committee, and Friends group, and discuss bylaws and old/new business.
- Adoption of August 8 and October 14, 2025 meeting minutes
- Bylaws review under BYLAWS/COMMITTEE/MEMBERS/OFFICERS
- Content Committee Report
- Friends of the Civil Rights Museum Report
The board approved the meeting agenda and minutes from August and October 2025. Director Becky Mackie decided the museum will be open to the public free of charge on MLK Day. Members discussed capital outlay funding and potential exhibit collaborations with schools and universities.
- Approved meeting agenda (unanimous)
- Approved October 14, 2025 meeting notes (unanimous)
- Approved August 12, 2025 minutes (unanimous)
- Decided museum will be open free of charge on MLK Day
Civil Rights Museum Advisory Board
The Advisory Board will meet to review reports from the Chairman, Director, and the Friends of the Louisiana Civil Rights Museum. The board is scheduled to vote on the adoption of the agenda and the approval of minutes from August 8, 2025.
- Approval of August 8, 2025 minutes
- Friends of the Louisiana Civil Rights Museum report by Madlyn Bagneris and Karl Connor
- Discussion of bylaws, committees, members, and officers
- Content Committee report
The board did not reach a quorum, meaning no official votes were taken and the agenda and minutes were not approved. Members discussed docent training, a planned one-year commemoration event for October 25, and the reopening of the museum at the Convention Center.
Civil Rights Museum Advisory Board
The board voted to suspend by-law election timing to appoint a new slate of officers for two-year terms. Members also established a planning committee for an anniversary reopening celebration. Staff provided updates on capital outlay funding and visitor numbers.
- Approved adoption of agenda (unanimous)
- Approved adoption of previous meeting minutes (unanimous)
- Voted to suspend by-law requirement for November elections to elect officers immediately
- Appointed Sidney Barthelemy as Board Chairman
- Appointed Ernest Jones as Board Vice Chair
- Appointed Paula Peer as Board Treasurer
- Nominated Wanda Davis as Board Secretary (pending acceptance)
- Established anniversary reopening planning committee consisting of Karl Conor, Sidney Barthelemy, and Brenda Williams
Civil Rights Museum Advisory Board
The advisory board will meet at the Jazz Museum Education Center to conduct regular business. The agenda includes reports from the Chairman and Director, as well as updates on bylaws, committees, and members.
- Chairman’s Report
- Director’s Report
- Bylaws/Committee/Members/Officers review