Exhibit: “BLACKS In and Out of the Box”

Qiana Mestrich

. Published on December 8, 2007. 0

A new photography exhibit at the California African American Museum.

Read a review of the exhibit and see some of the photos on display in this L.A. Times article by Lynell George.

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