“Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-1985” opens July 25 at the Mississippi Museum of Art featuring more than 100 artists exemplifying how photography became a powerful tool in the Black Arts Movement and showing visual arts that captured activism, celebrated Black beauty and shaped cultural identity from that period.
The Clarion Ledger is a sponsor of the exhibit that will be up through Nov. 8.
While the Civil Rights Movement serves as a focal point of the exhibit, organizers said the gallery reaches beyond familiar images of marches and demonstrations to explore how photography fueled a broader cultural renaissance.