For 60 years, Sheldon Museum of Art has provided a venue for students, faculty and staff, alumni, and visitors to engage with art and one another. As an academic art museum, Sheldon schedules its exhibitions to coincide with the academic calendar.
Gordon Parks, remembered for the commitment to social justice with which he documented American culture, created these images as part of the photo essay “The Restraints: Open and Hidden,” commissioned by Life magazine in 1956. More info