From July 7 through December 1, 2018, Art on the Atlanta BeltLine will host the photography exhibition “Atlanta and the Civil Rights Movement, 1944-1968,” curated by historian and author Karcheik Sims-Alvarado, according to a press release. An opening ceremony to celebrate the exhibition will be held at 3 p.m. on July 7 on the Westside Trail across from Gordon White Park.
The photography is sourced from Sims-Alvarado’s book Images of America: Atlanta and the Civil Rights Movement, 1944-1968.
“Atlanta and the Civil Rights Movement, 1944-1968” will be presented across four miles of the Eastside and Westside Trails, making it the longest outdoor exhibition on civil and human rights in the United States.
Sims-Alvarado is the CEO of Preserve Black Atlanta, a non-profit 501(c)(3) dedicated to identifying, recording, and preserving African-American history and culture.
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