In honor of Black History Month, the Oak Ridge History Museum will host “Atomic Integration,” a photography exhibition focusing on African-American life during the Manhattan Project in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, a press release said.
The exhibit will open on Friday, February 8, and it will be open every Friday and Saturday during the month of February, the press release said.
The photo exhibit was developed under sponsorship by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce, and Explore Oak Ridge.
The images that will be displayed in the photo exhibit illustrate the experiences and contributions of African-Americans during the Manhattan Project period during the 1940s in Oak Ridge, the press release said.
“Often overlooked in our remembrance of one of the world’s largest scientific undertakings that produced the atomic bomb are the works of a people who, in spite of discrimination, met the challenge and changed the course of history,” the press release said.
The photographs were taken by James Edward Westcott, a renowned photographer who worked for the United States government in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project and the Cold War. Westcott was one of the few people permitted to have a camera in the Oak Ridge area during the Manhattan Project.
The Oak Ridge History Museum is located at 102 Robertsville Road in Oak Ridge. For more information, call the Manhattan Project National Historical Park at (865) 482-1942.
More information will be added as it becomes available.
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