Austinite helps bring civil rights art exhibit to LBJ library

Stirring scenes of the rhythms of a social revolution where justice and equality struggle to triumph over oppression are now on display at the LBJ Library for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday remembrance.

They are emotional civil rights images all on a simple white canvas covered in striking charcoal blacks and grays.

"You can feel the spirit in the paintings," Al Washington said. "You can see the things from the hands to the eyes."