Rachel E. Winston and Alan Garcia
Juntos/Together: Black & Brown Activism in Austin 1970 - 1980
March - April 2018
“These issues we are facing today, unfortunately, have been around and look at how far we have come and, in some cases, look at the work that is left to do.”
Exhibition Summary:
Presenting issues that black and brown communities faced in Austin through the ‘70s and early ‘80s this exhibition was focused on finding parallels to current social issues. The exhibit was organized into five main categories: activist groups made up primarily of African Americans and Chicanos and their cross-cultural movements; student and small-business activism; gentrification and urban renewal; and the impact of the Ku Klux Klan. Garcia and Winston chose to focus on these lenses that activists and artists mobilized against four decades ago which are still affecting us today.
