Bertha Boykin Todd discusses the importance and influence of Black educators. Interview was filmed inside Williston Auditorium at the Cape Fear Museum of History and Science. Video by Paul Charles.

"America's memory of courageous actors, legal justice, and civil rights is not incorrect. However, it is insufficient. It diminishes on record the role of black educators, their organizations, and their leaders advocating for black children in America's changing justice terrain."

— Vanessa Siddle Walker, "The Lost Education of Horace Tate"

Join us Thursday, July 21, at 6 pm for the opening reception of Lost in Transition curated by Michael S. Williams, consultant and Black On Black Project founder. Featuring works on paper by Alexandria P. Clay and a video performance by University of North Carolina Wilmington theater students, the exhibition aims to celebrate the legacy of 20th century Black educators in Wilmington, N.C. RSVP for the reception.

On view through September 25 at 210 Princess St. in downtown Wilmington, Lost in Transition shares the experiences of educators before and after desegregation and asserts there was something exceptional about Black institutions and the education students received. As Wilmington native and longtime educator Lethia S. Hankins recounted, students and the community "lost a lot" in the transition of desegregation.

We look forward to sharing this important body of work with you.