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Artist and designer Chuck Douglas explains parts of the Black History Exhibit at St. Anthony Church, Atlanta, to 11-year-old Stephanie Okpala and her 12-year-old sister Ekene (Kiki), far right. The nine-panel exhibit went up Sunday, Feb. 8, and will run through the end of the month. (Photos by Michael Alexander)

The Black History Exhibit is the creation of St. Anthony parishioner and artist Chuck Douglas. The exhibit contains information on nine, seven-foot by three-foot panels, beginning with origins in Africa, working its way through the civil rights movement and ending with those working in the visual arts and literature today. The exhibit also includes a baseball jersey from the Kansas City Monarchs of the old Negro League and authentic signs from the days of segregation and Jim Crow. The last component to the exhibit is an encased display containing various items that were designed by black inventors, including the patent number and date patented, like the push lawn mower, the golf tee and the folding chair. Douglas, a native of New Orleans and a 1974 graduate of his hometown’s Xavier University, has resided in Atlanta since 1978.