Opening, 16th Annual Art Exhibition

In 1943, Artist Hale Aspacio Woodruff instituted the "Exhibitions of Paintings, Sculpture, and Prints by Negro Artists in America", an annual juried competition and natural forum for black artists hosted at Atlanta University that continued until 1970. Many works that exhibited in the Atlanta Annuals would become part of the Negro Collection at Atlanta University, the first permanent collection of artwork at an HBCU.