MLK Rare Photo Exhibition (George Washington Carver Museum)

MLK Rare Photo Exhibition (George Washington Carver Museum)

GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER (CARVER)

ANNOUNCES RARE PHOTO EXHIBITION

Celebrate the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday at the Carver Museum and Cultural Center by viewing a rare photo exhibit, Countdown to Eternity: Photographs of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., by Benedict J. Fernandez. Dr. King worked tirelessly during the last year of his life, extending his activism to speak out against America's involvement in the Vietnam War and the alienation and disenfranchisement faced by America's poor. Fernandez captured these images of King in 1967, documenting his efforts in campaigns across the country. The portfolio was later published in Rochester, N.Y., by Eastman Kodak Co. in 1989.

Also on exhibit will be images from Passage on the Underground Railroad, 2009, by ASU Emeritus Professor Stephen Marc, whose work captures resistance to slavery which presaged the modern civil rights movement. Passage on the Underground Railroad has been listed as an Interpretative Program of the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, a division of the National Park Service.

Countdown to Eternity: Photographs of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Passage on the Underground Railroad, 2009 are on loan from Northlight Gallery at Grant Street Studios. Northlight Gallery, part of the ASU Herberger Institute's School of Art, is a laboratory for thinking about and experimenting with photography today to understand and actively examine its role as an experimental art medium and as mediator and shaper of reality in contemporary society.

Date:               January 20^th (and Monday through Friday through January 31^st )

Time:               9:00 am to 2:00 pm

Location:         Carver Museum and Cultural Center, 415 E. Grand Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004

Admission:      $12 for adults and $10 for children

ABOUT CARVER MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER  

The George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and a national historic site dedicated to the collection, documentation, preservation, study, and dissemination of the history and culture of African Americans in Arizona. Our mission is to honor and share African American heritage, arts, and culture through exhibitions, archives, and community education programs designed to explore the role of African Americans in shaping Arizona's history.

For more information about the George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center, visit carveraz.org.