Mondays at Beinecke: Douglass, Baldwin, Harrington: The Walter O. Evans Collections at Beinecke Library

A discussion of the library’s latest exhibition with curators Melissa Barton, Nancy Kuhl, and Kassidi Jones. On view from January 26 - July 7, 2024, the exhibition explores extraordinary materials collected by Walter and Linda Evans now in the Beinecke’s care. The show celebrates three towering figures of Black history, art and culture: Frederick Douglass, James Baldwin, and Ollie Harrington. The Evans collections together bring political and cultural history into close engagement with arts and letters. Read article.