Through the Lens: Photographs of African American Experience, 1950-1970

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

Through the Lens: Photographs of African American Experience, 1950-1970
Through the Lens: Photographs of African American Experience, 1950-1970
April Watson, curator
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

Works of art

Gordon Parks (1912–2006), Malcolm X Holding up Black Muslim Newspaper, Harlem, New York
Gordon Parks (1912–2006), Malcolm X Holding up Black Muslim Newspaper, Harlem, New York
Gordon Parks
Malcolm X Holding up Black Muslim Newspaper, Harlem, New York
1963
Gordon Parks (1912–2006), Muslim Boy
Gordon Parks (1912–2006), Muslim Boy
Gordon Parks
Muslim Boy
1963
Gordon Parks (1912–2006), Elijah Muhammad's Daughter, Ethel Sharrieff, Chicago
Gordon Parks (1912–2006), Elijah Muhammad's Daughter, Ethel Sharrieff, Chicago
Gordon Parks
Elijah Muhammad's Daughter, Ethel Sharrieff, Chicago
1963
Charles Moore (1931–2010), Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is arrested for loitering outside a courtroom where his friend and associate Ralph Abernathy is appearing for a trial, Montgomery, Alabama
Charles Moore (1931–2010), Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is arrested for loitering outside a courtroom where his friend and associate Ralph Abernathy is appearing for a trial, Montgomery, Alabama
Charles Moore
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is arrested for loitering outside a courtroom where his friend and associate Ralph Abernathy is appearing for a trial, Montgomery, Alabama
1958