Through a compelling assortment of photographs, television clips, art posters, and historic artifacts, the exhibition, For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, traces how images and media disseminated to the American public transformed the modern civil rights movement and jolted Americans, both
black and white, out of a state of denial or complacency. Join us for this exciting exhibition and series of
educational programs.
Media, Race, and Emmett Till
(lecture and reception)
Tuesday, April 11, 5:30 pm
Opening comments and introduction by David Haley, Senator. Dr. Rebecca Miller Davis, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, will lecture on media, race and the Emmett Till murder case. Citing the Emmett Till case as the reason why she is a civil rights historian, Davis has specifically focused her research on race and media in the Jim Crow South.
Brown Bag Lunch Conversation
Thursday, April 20, 12:00 noon
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Dina Bennett about the visual representations of jazz and the African American experience within the cultural context of the American Jazz Museum located in Kansas City, MO.
Poetry Workshop & Spoken Word Public Performance
Tuesday, April 25, 3:00-5:00 pm / Performance 6:00 pm
Recently appointed the first "18th & Vine Historic Jazz District Poet Laureate" in Kansas City, poet Glenn North
will lead a poetry workshop inspired by the visual and social justice themes in the exhibition, For All the World to See. A spoken word performance will follow the workshop where participants will read their newly created poems that supports equity, respect, and justice, and North will read from his body of work.
Before and After Brown: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Topeka
Saturday, April 29, 1:00 pm
Join Deborah Dandridge, Curator of the African American Experience Collections at the Kenneth Spencer Research
Library at the University of Kansas, local history librarian Donna Pearson and genealogy librarian Sherri Camp from the Topeka Shawnee County Public Library (TSCPL), and community members from Topeka for a discussion of the local Civil Rights Movement in Topeka before and after the 1954 Supreme Court decision, Brown v. Board of Education. As a co-sponsor of this event, the TSCPL will provide an interactive digital storytelling station for community members to record their stories related to the Civil Rights Movement in Topeka and Shawnee County.
Dear White People
Tuesday, May 16, 3:00-5:00 pm
International jazz vocalist Lisa Henry, accompanied by live musicians, will offer a compelling presentation on racism in America that provides a safe space for attendees to examine racism's effects on the Black psyche, the community, and how to start the very necessary dialog in our homes and communities.
Q&A moderated by Danielle Dempsey-Swopes, Director of Diversity and Inclusion at Washburn University,
will follow the program.
Family Day, Art & Self Identity
Saturday, May 20, 1:00-4:00 pm
Visit the exhibition For All the World To See. Join us in ArtLab for a pin-making activity to show to the world
your positive statement: "I Am ___!" Create a drawing of your family-close or extended-and the roles you play in each other's lives. Bring a copy of a photograph of yourself or your family to include in our mini "pop-up" museum.
Image above / right:
Medgar Evers Funeral, Life Magazine, June 28, 1963
Photo by E. G. Shempf
