By Jackie Hampton,Publisher,The Mississippi Museum of Art, (MMA) 380 S. Lamar Street in Jackson, MS opened its’ landmark exhibit on Saturday, July 25, 2026, presenting “Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985.” It examines the role in which these photographers played during the Black Arts Movement, which paralleled the American civil rights and international freedom movements, and highlights strategies for community engagement and self-representation. Roy Lewis is an American photographer was in Jackson for the opening of the exhibit, which opened one day after his eighty-ninth birthday. Lewis also created photographs of Chicago’s Wall of Respect which is one of the images displayed at the MMA exhibit. The Film JXN Youth Summer Camp is presented by the City of Jackson Film Office in partnership with 1245 Works, Inc. and United Way of the Capital Area.