Photographic works from five groundbreaking African American photographers are now on display in a special Black History Month exhibition at the International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum (IPHF).
“Climbing to the Mountain Top” opens Wednesday, Feb. 24, and will run through Wednesday, March 31. The exhibit, a collaboration with the Griot Museum of Black History and the Missouri Historical Society, features historically significant images of local and national events by photographers such as James M. Carrington, Gordon Parks, Eli Reed, Carrie Mae Weems and Ernest C. Withers.
Among the works on display are Carrington’s photograph of tennis legend Arthur Ashe with Sumner High School coach Richard Hudlin, and Withers’ image of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Rev. Ralph Abernathy during the first desegregated bus ride in Montgomery, Alabama.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for seniors and students, and can be purchased online. IPHF members, veterans and children 6 and younger are free. IPHF has special COVID-19 safety procedures in place to protect all members and guests.
