This event is free and open to the public

Celebrating Dr. King and Maryland’s Year of Civil Rights through music, art, storytelling and virtual reality in connection as we close the exhibition, Vision & Spirit | African American Art: Works from the Bank of America Collection. Enjoy an artist talk with NMAAHC Curator Aaron Bryant on civil rights photojournalists who documented Dr. King and other landmark moments from this era. Reflect on the movement with a choral performance from the Carter Legacy Singers, a community-based ensemble comprised of Dr. Nathan Carter’s alumni singers from Morgan State University. Families can learn more about the Montgomery Bus Boycott through mother-and-son storytellers, “Dr. Mama” Deborah Pierce-Fakunle and Dr. David Fakunle. Participate in an  I Am A Man virtual reality experience to explore the Memphis Sanitation Workers protests and their aftermath. Hear a panel discussion reflecting on Dr. King and pivotal moments in the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 by Maryland community civil rights leaders. July 2, 1964 marks the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

The day concludes with a screening of the documentaries Disruption: Highway to Nowhere and Eroding History and a panel discussion with the films’ producers and policy makers as they consider the equalizing factor of environmental injustice and its impacts on Black Marylanders in urban and rural settings. Produced by journalist and documentarian Sean Yoes, Disruption: Highway to Nowhere explores Baltimore’s infamous Highway 40 and the damage its construction wrought upon West Baltimore, once considered one of several of America’s most vibrant Black communities that were irreparably disrupted and damaged by 20th century federal highway projects.