LBCAA sponsored and John Malveaux organized 2008 African American History Month exhibit of Ron Wilkins “Journey to Black Mexico: A Photographic Discourse” at 2nd City Council Gallery and Performance Space. The exhibit presented images of Black slave descendants who mixed with indigenous and Spanish. Professor Ron Wilkins conducted a youth workshop titled “Developing and Sustaining Mutually-Supportive Relationships between Black and Brown Students”. The exhibit was intended to give a broader appreciation of the relationship of Latinos and Blacks and the depth of their shared heritage and history.
