Art On BeltLine To Exhibit Civil Rights Photography Collection

The opening ceremony for a new Beltline exhibition will take place at 3 p.m. on July 7 on the Westside Trail across from Gordon White Park.

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By Ellie Ritter 

From July 7 through Dec. 1, “Art on the Atlanta BeltLine” will host a photography exhibition entitled “Atlanta and the Civil Rights Movement, 1944-1968, ” curated by historian and author Karcheik Sims-Alvarado.

Sims-Alvarado is the CEO of Preserve Black Atlanta, a nonprofit dedicated to identifying, recording, and preserving African-American history and culture, according to a press release from Atlanta BeltLine, Inc.