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

April Watson, curator

November 18, 2015–April 3, 2016

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

Works of art

Malcolm X Holding up Black Muslim Newspaper, Harlem, New York, Gordon Parks — Gordon Parks

Malcolm X Holding up Black Muslim Newspaper, Harlem, New York, 1963

Muslim Boy, Gordon Parks — Gordon Parks

Muslim Boy, 1963

Elijah Muhammad's Daughter, Ethel Sharrieff, Chicago, Gordon Parks — Gordon Parks

Elijah Muhammad's Daughter, Ethel Sharrieff, Chicago, 1963

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 — 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