Exhibit: Building a Mixed Race Community

People, Buildings and Sites of the Winton Triangle

Marvin Tupper Jones will be on hand at  the Photoworks Gallery this Saturday, March 2nd from 2 – 4pm to greet visitors and discuss the history and photography in the exhibit.

Photoworks is delighted to host the work of acclaimed photojournalist and historian, Marvin Tupper Jones, in the exhibition, Building a Mixed Race Community.  The show will be on display from February 9th – March 31st. 

The history covered in this exhibit spans from 1851 to 1973 and takes the viewer from the antebellum time through the Civil War, Reconstruction, Jim Crow and the modern Civil Rights eras.  It tells stories about over 30 people along with photographs and text. Four women are featured, as well as business people, farmers, carpenters, educators, church leaders, soldiers (Civil War and WWII), Civil Rights activists and organizations. 

To park for the Winton Triangle Exhibit, set your GPS to the Clara Barton National Historic Site, 5801 Oxford Rd, Glen Echo, MD.  Glen Echo Park and the Barton House share the same lot.  Farthest from the looming Barton House is a foot bridge to Glen Echo Park and Photoworks.