Blackland Prairies: Locating Black Histories in Texas
Exhibition
From January 24–March 8, 2025, The University of Texas at Austin Visual Arts Center will show the exhibition Blackland Prairies: Locating Black Histories in Texas. Blackland Prairies assembles a presentation of archival documents and photographs of Austin’s historically Black communities created by city residents, government officials, and local news media from the 19th century to the present day. For more information, contact The University of Texas at Austin Visual Arts Center.
January 24–March 8, 2025
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Photograph from the Miss Black Austin Pageant Collection, undated. Courtesy of the Black Diaspora Archive, Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin.