Source: WCTV.tv
Photo: Artwork featuring four African American artists is on display until May 18th.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – A art local gallery is honoring black history and women’s history month with a new exhibit.

Director of Anderson Brickler Gallery, Karen Vargus said she is driven to share untold stories of people who shaped history. The current exhibit is called “Reflections and Reckoning: Brown V Board of Education at 70.”

“Sometimes I feel that we’re taking a step back instead of a step forward and I think an exhibit like this brings attention to what we really need to be and what we need to strive for,” Vargus said.

The Brown V Board case decision made segregating schools illegal in the 1950s. Linda Brown became prominent during the case and she should be highlighted, according to Vargus.

“She had to walk a very long way to get to the school bus to get to the school that was for black children,” Vargus said. “She grew up to also be an activist for the civil rights movement.”

A handful of women viewed the exhibit Sunday afternoon and participated in a discussion featuring Tallahassee preservationist and historian, Gerldine Seay.

“You can really see how much black women have contributed to the culture, how far they’ve brought people along, how they have carried the burden a lot of times,” Seay said.

Vargus said she hosted the woman lead discussion because she strives to share history from the perspective of women.

“Sometimes women don’t have much of a voice and I know that there is a lot of women out there and they do have a perspective,” Vargus said.

The conversation was centered around the black history of Tallahassee and the work to preserve the Lake Hall School House which is a historically black one room school in the Capital City.

The Lake Hall School House is featured in the exhibit as well as art work by four African American artists that show the impact of Brown V Board. The exhibit will be open until May 18th.