An Alabama HBCU Is Selling Historic Murals in First-of-Its-Kind Partnership

An Alabama HBCU Is Selling Historic Murals in First-of-its-Kind Partnership

Talladega College will sell four of its six Hale Woodruff murals, which commemorate the Undergound Railroad and the mutiny of Amistad

Alabama college sells historic murals worth $20 million amid financial struggles

A private, historically Black college in Alabama is parting ways with some of its historic art as it battles financial concerns.

Talladega College Sells Hale Woodruff Murals

Talladega College, Alabama’s first private historically Black college, has sold four of six murals painted for the institution by renowned Black painter Hale Woodruff in order to shore up its $5 million endowment and make payroll, the New York Times reports. Painted at the college between 1939 and 1942, the works celebrate interracial cooperation in […]