U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu | The Senate Anti-Lynching Apology | Media Resources

Press Contacts

• Adam Sharp, Communications Director
  (202) 224-0098 / adam.sharp@landrieu.senate.gov
   
• Brian Richardson, Press Secretary
  (202) 224-0088 / brian.richardson@landrieu.senate.gov
   
• Sally Richardson, Deputy Communications Director
  (202) 224-1949 / sally.richardson@landrieu.senate.gov
   

Satellite Feeds

• Satellite Media Tour with Sen. Landrieu
  June 13, 2005 - 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EDT
  
  Galaxy 3 (95 Degrees West)
  Transponder: 7
  C-Band Analog
  Downlink Frequency: 3840 MHz
  Polarity: Horizontal
  Audio: Standard / 6.2 and 6.8
  
  SMT feed will include luncheon, "Without Sanctuary," and other b-roll as well as SOTs of lynching survivor and descendents of lynching victims.
   
• Live Press Conference Feed
  June 13, 2005 - 4:25 p.m. to 5:25 p.m. EDT
  
  Galaxy 3 (95 Degrees West)
  Transponder: 6
  C-Band Analog
  Downlink Frequency: 3820 MHz
  Polarity: Vertical
  Audio: Standard / 6.2 and 6.8
  
  Feed will include luncheon, lecture, "Without Sanctuary," and other b-roll as well as SOTs of lynching survivor, historian James Allen and descendents of lynching victims.
  
  
• Sen. Landrieu Floor Remarks Feed
  June 13, 2005 - 9:30 p.m. to 9:40 p.m. EDT (Tentative)
  
  Coordinates TBA.
  
  Feed will include final wrap of b-roll from all the day's events, as well as SOTs of lynching survivor, historian James Allen and descendents of lynching victims.
    

Audio Actualities

Sen. Landrieu comments on the passage of S. Res. 39, the Senate's formal apology to lynching victims and their descendents for the Senate's failure to pass anti-lynching legislation.  
  

Play MP3 File (3:51)

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Or call 1-800-511-0763 or 202-228-1253, and enter actuality ID #1528

Today's Press Conference will also be available live by telephone.
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EDT
Call 202-228-2663, and enter Meeting ID #3115597

 
Photographs from Without Sanctuary

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MANDATORY Photo Credit: Courtesy James Allen, "Without Sanctuary."
May only be used in conjunction with news coverage of the passage of S. Res. 39.

The lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, August 7, 1930 Marion, IN (same lynching from which James Cameron, Monday’s special guest survived).	The lynching of Lige Daniels, August 3, 1920, Center TX.	The lynching of Ruben Stacy, July 19, 1935, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

 
Photographs from Today's Events

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Photo Credit: U.S. Senate

Sen. Landrieu speaking at the luncheon.	Sen. Landrieu with Doria Dee Johnson.	Sen. Landrieu speaking at the press conference.	The press conference on S. Res. 39.

James Cameron, the oldest known lynching survivor, speaking at the press conference.	Janet Langhart Cohen speaking at the press conference.	Congressman William Jefferson, D-La., speaking at the press conference.

 
Additional Resources

• Press Release
   
• The Full Text of the Senate's Apology
  (Adobe Acrobat Required. Get it here.)
   
• Photograph of the signed resolution
   

Informational Links

• The Lynching of James Cameron
   
• The History-Makers - Audio Recordings of Prominant African-Americans
   
• Jim Crow History
   
• Lynching Statistics
   
• The Costigan-Wagner Act, and Other Lynching Information
   
• The Black Holocaust Museum
   
• Louisiana Lynchings
  

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