History: archeology
Sun 11 Apr 2010
2010
April 2010
Sunday 11 April 2010
Sun 11 Apr. 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, 90049. 310-440-4500. Skirball Cultural Center - [email][events]
Breach of Peace: Photographs of Freedom Riders by Eric Etheridge On view now through April 11, 2010 Admission: Included with Museum admission: $10 General; $7 Seniors and Full-Time Students; $5 Children 2–12; Free to Members and Children under 2; Free to all on Thursdays Breach of Peace, a companion to the exhibition Road to Freedom, displays forty contemporary portraits by photographer Eric Etheridge of Freedom Riders, who, in 1961, converged on Jackson, Mississippi to challenge state segregation laws. Their noble efforts were met with fierce hostility, and many of the young men and women were arrested and convicted of the charge "breach of the peace." Breach of Peace displays Etheridge's photographs of several Freedom Riders, now senior citizens, alongs