Exhibitions

WORLD WAR I AND THE GREAT MIGRATION

The Carl Van Vechten Gallery (Fisk University) / 1000 17th Ave. N. October 6, 2017 - April 7, 2018

Albert Alexander Smith
Hale Woodruff
Clementine Hunter
Malvin Gray Johnson
William H. Johnson
Henry Ossawa Tanner
Aaron Douglas
W. Doring
George Wilson
William Edouard Scott

World War I and the Great Migration focuses on how World War I spurred the Great Migration, during which 6 million African Americans moved from rural areas to urban centers. It features works by Henry Ossawa Tanner, William Edouard Scott, Hale Woodruff, Malvin Gray Johnson, Albert Alexander Smith, and Clementine Hunter.