Students curate digital exhibitions on Civil Rights Movement

Students curate digital exhibitions on Civil Rights Movement

Students curate digital exhibitions on Civil Rights Movement 649 729 GLAMdev2020

The Atlanta University Center (AUC) GLAM Center for Collaborative Teaching and Learning partnered with the AUC Early College Program in Art History and Curatorial Studies and the High Museum of Art to offer students the opportunity to curate digital exhibits on the GLAM omeka portal. Through this digital humanities project the 2020 cohort of rising high school juniors and seniors interested in an art history or museum career conducted research on artwork from the High Museum of Art Civil Rights Photography Collection as well as archival material from the AUC Archives Research Center to curate five exhibitions.

To view the students’ group online exhibitions, shown below, visit the AUC GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) Center for Collaborative Teaching and Learning’s Omeka portal.

The Erasure of Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement
Curated by Renee Williams, Sanaa Pate, and Sheyla Street

Time and Time Again: Is History Repeating Itself through Photography?
Curated by Cydne Swanson, Elle Black, and J’Taelii Heath

The Past Is Not Over: Exploring Pain, Progress, and Humanity during the Civil Rights Movement
Curated by Janet Amuh, Kayla Ary, Lillian Grace Jackson, and Mayha Waddy

The Impacts of a Divided America: The Faces behind the Civil Rights Movement
Curated by Nia Fletcher, Avery Gilliam, Olivia Jones, and Paris Roberson

Humanity behind the Movement
Curated by Airis Aaron, Breeze Smith, Caitlin Johnson, and Clarke Austin