Now open! “I AM A MAN: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1960–1970,” has just opened in the Shannon Room at the Branigan Cultural Center. This new temporary exhibition documents the evolution of the civil rights movement during a period of profound social change and hope for the future.
The decade from 1960 through 1970 was a momentous time for the civil rights movement in the American South, as public spaces were desegregated and as African Americans secured their right to vote. Featuring a wide range of photographs taken by amateurs, local photojournalists, and internationally known photographers, the exhibition tells a vivid visual story that continues to resonate today and beyond as future generations continue to fight for justice for all humankind.
It’s the perfect time to get a look at this powerful exhibit! This exhibit will only be here through Saturday, October 18, so if you can’t make it this afternoon make plans to see it soon.
The exhibition is a program of ExhibitsUSA, a national division of Mid-America Arts Alliance and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Image Credit:
“Spider Martin, Rev. Hosea Williams, John Lewis, and others in the March for Voting Rights to Montgomery confronted by Alabama state troopers,” Selma, AL, 1965;
© Courtesy James “Spider” Martin Photographic Archive, Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.