Serving the Community: Black Activism in the 1970s
Captured by Alan Pogue | Gallery Opens July 18th
OPENING RECEPTION: July 18, 2021 from 10am – 1pm
Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday: 8am – 5pm | Saturday: 8am – 3pm | Sunday: CLOSED
“Serving the Community: Black Activism in the 1970s” documents radical black activities in the ‘70s through a series of photographs taken by acclaimed photographer and activist Alan Pogue. These photographs illustrate the connection between problems ailing the community and the corrective actions taken by black activists and radical thinkers, such as those who formed the Community United Front in Austin, Texas.
The Community United Front, alongside its offshoot, We the People, worked to meet the needs of the Austin community with what Pogue refers to as alternative infrastructure—programs and facilities that took care of those in need like meals for hungry schoolchildren and affordable daycare centers for impoverished working mothers.
What these organizations lacked in monetary resources, they made up for with an abundance of passionate people ready to serve their community.
This exhibit honors those who stepped up to meet their community’s needs: Susie & Robert Mathews, key figures in the Community United Front; Anthony Spears, Larry Jackson, Velma Roberts, and Janis Lawson; others who have passed on; and the hundreds more from their era who remain active to this day, continuing to strive for peace with justice.
Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday: 8am – 5pm | Saturday: 8am – 3pm | Sunday: CLOSED
“Serving the Community: Black Activism in the 1970s” documents radical black activities in the ‘70s through a series of photographs taken by acclaimed photographer and activist Alan Pogue. These photographs illustrate the connection between problems ailing the community and the corrective actions taken by black activists and radical thinkers, such as those who formed the Community United Front in Austin, Texas.
The Community United Front, alongside its offshoot, We the People, worked to meet the needs of the Austin community with what Pogue refers to as alternative infrastructure—programs and facilities that took care of those in need like meals for hungry schoolchildren and affordable daycare centers for impoverished working mothers.
What these organizations lacked in monetary resources, they made up for with an abundance of passionate people ready to serve their community.
This exhibit honors those who stepped up to meet their community’s needs: Susie & Robert Mathews, key figures in the Community United Front; Anthony Spears, Larry Jackson, Velma Roberts, and Janis Lawson; others who have passed on; and the hundreds more from their era who remain active to this day, continuing to strive for peace with justice.
