Marking 60 years of integration, the Walker County African American Museum and Cultural Center will premiere its newest exhibits Saturday in LaFayette. One exhibit marks the testimonies of trailblazers from the time period, while another will highlight the histories of the local African American schools.
“It will focus on the first 10 years of racial integration in Walker County,” museum curator and researcher Beverly Foster said via email about the integration exhibit. “1965 to 1975 or so.”
Foster said she and others collected oral histories from the Black students who first integrated into the white schools locally.
Vince Stalling, 59, a board member of the Walker County African American Association, said via phone that he put together videos for the exhibit titled “Conversations with Beverly.”