Levine Museum of the New South

The Levine Museum of the New South will finalize development of the exhibition Reading, Writing, and Race: One children's Book and the Power of Stories, which explores historical and contemporary issues of race and representation, and the contested process by which culture is created. The exhibition will center on the 1939 children's book, Tobe: A Six-Year-Old Farmer, one of the first books to feature realistic depictions of everyday African Americans. A series of programs and dialog sessions will supplement the exhibition and offer an innovative approach to storytelling in the gallery, provide a springboard for community-engaged programming, and serve as an opportunity for visitors to explore how history speaks to questions that hit close to home.