Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. King is best known for advancing civil rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience, inspired by his Christian beliefs and the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi. He was the son […]
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“A NEW ORDER BASED ON JUSTICE FOR ALL” South African Political Posters from the Collection of Jonathon Addleton This exhibition tells the story of Apartheid in South Africa. The word “apartheid” means “apartness’ in Afrikaans, the language of the Dutch who first settled in South Africa in the 1600’s. Apartheid was a restrictive system of […]
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Rudolph “Rudy” Mendes earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Howard University in 1996. He relocated to Macon, Georgia in 1998 where he continued his education by studying welding at Central Georgia Technical College. Since coming to Macon, Mendes has been very active in the local arts scene. He has juried exhibits for the […]
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