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While the Amistad Research Center is primarily a research institution, the Center's exhibitions serve its mission to provide access to its collections to both researchers and the general public. The Center's Exhibition Gallery provides a self-guided display that rotates on a quarterly basis. Exhibitions are open to the public during the Center's normal hours of Monday-Friday, 8:30am - 4:30pm. Groups interested in visiting the Center's exhibitions should consult Amistad's Tours page. Unless otherwise noted, all exhibitions are on display in the Center's Reading Room and Exhibition Gallery. Descriptions and checklists for past exhibitions can be found here.
Current Exhibition
More than Just a Game: Athletics and the African American Experience
January 9-March 29, 2012
As in many walks of life, athletics and sports have provided both arenas of triumph and reminders of discrimination for African Americans. From Jackie Robinson and Jesse Owens to Olympic boycotts and college athletics, this exhibition examines the connection between African American athletics and civil rights, and illustrates that sports can sometimes be more than just a game. Highlighting the Russell L. Stockard Sr. sports collection, as well as selected materials from a variety of archival collections, the materials on display include letters, photographs, petitions, news clippings, and other primary sources from Amistad’s unique holdings.
Upcoming Exhibitions
A Luta Continua: The Founding of the American Committee on Africa
April 2-June 28, 2012
Originating out of the ad hoc committee Americans For South African Resistance, which was formed in 1952, the American Committee on Africa became a leading activist organization in the United States in support of the struggles of African peoples against colonialism, apartheid, and social injustice from the 1950s through the 1990s. This exhibtion examines the development and influence of this human rights organization.
Solely on Account of Color: Segregation and African American Medical Training
July 3-September 27, 2012
Holdings related to African American medical training are numerous at the Amistad Research Center. This exhibition will include organizational and personal papers of doctors, nurses, associations, and hospitals in order to hightlight the contributions of African Americans in the medical field.
Yet Do I Marvel: Countee Cullen and the Harlem Renaissance
October 2-December 22, 2012
To celebrate the publication of the first major biography of Harlem Renaissance poet Countee Cullen, this exhibition will draw from the Cullen papers at the Amistad Research Center, as well as materials of his contemporaries and first editions of their works.
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