Politics, Protest and Black Progress

This exhibition, Politics, Protest and Black Progress in Dallas in the 1980s: The Photographs of George Fuller, captures the fight for 14-1, the protests against police brutality and progressive Black politics in Dallas in the 1980s.

Additional exhibits on view at the African American Museum include:
-Sepia: Past. Pride. Power. extended through Feb. 26, 2022
-The History of the Prairie View Interscholastic League: Black High School Sports in Texas in the Era of Segregation, extended through Feb. 26, 2022

About the African American Museum, Dallas
Founded in 1974 as a part of Bishop College, the museum has operated independently since 1979. For more than 40 years, the African American Museum has stood as a cultural beacon in Dallas and the Southwestern United States. Located in Dallas’ historic Fair Park, the African American Museum is the only museum in the Southwestern United States devoted to the collection, preservation and display of African American artistic, cultural and historical materials that relate to the African-American experience.

The African American Museum incorporates a wide variety of visual art forms and historical documents that portray the African American experience in the United States, Southwest, and Dallas. The Museum has a small, but rich collection of African art, African-American fine art and one of the largest African American folk-art collections in the United States. Learn more at aamdallas.org.

Image: Dallas ISD Board President Kathlyn Gilliam reads to children at City Park Elementary School. (undated)