Natasha Trethewey's "Native Guard" Inspires Symposium at the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art

Coast native’s book inspires symposium
By Pam Firmin - pfirmin@sunherald.com

An exhibit and symposium inspired by the title poem in Natasha Trethewey’s 2007 Pulitzer Prize–winning book “The Native Guard” will debut Jan. 9 as “The Native Guard: A Photographic History of Ship Island’s African American Regiment,” the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art announced Thursday.

Trethewey will be guest of honor at the exhibit’s opening reception and book signing from 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 9 at the museum, 1596 Glenn Swetman St., Biloxi. At the symposium, which is the next day from 9 a.m. until noon at Bancorp South, she will read from “The Native Guard.” Both events are free but symposium seating is limited to 75 so reservations are suggested.

The exhibit will be up through Feb. 20.

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