Unlike other photojournalists who observed and covered the people and events of the Civil Rights Movement, Withers was also an active participant. He believed that by showing the nation the struggle for equality, people would be moved to change the status quo. Withers managed to record the overly public nature of the Civil Rights Movement while also capturing the quiet, personal moments within the larger context of these historic events. The Claude Pepper Changing Art Gallery is located in the Claude Pepper Center on the campus of Florida State University. The exhibit will be open to the public until October 5, 2000.
Admission is free.
Coming in October to the Pepper Changing Art Gallery, a new collection of works in mixed media by Tallahassee artist, Annie Harris. The exhibition will open with a public reception on Friday, October 13. The Claude Pepper Center was the site of ceremonies honoring the recipients of the 2000 Mildred Pepper Design Awards competition at Florida State University. Danielle Cabral Mildred Webster Pepper, well known as the wife of Senator Pepper, attended the Florida State College for Women and was instrumental in establishing the Fashion Institute. One of the main functions of the institute was to sponsor an annual fashion day at which Mrs. Pepper presented an award to an outstanding student in fashion design.