NEIGHBORHOOD PORTRAIT:
Documenting the Witherspoon-Jackson Community
1st Floor, Paul Robeson Center for the Arts
Permanent Exhibition

The Arts Council of Princeton's Paul Robeson Center is fortunate to be located within the Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood, a historically African-American community. Neighborhood Portrait is a permanent exhibition that tells a story of important leaders and residents, like Paul Robeson, and key institutions that have made this neighborhood a vibrant part of Princeton's cultural life. Utilizing materials drawn from the collection of Historical Society of Princeton, the exhibition includes documents and photographs that illustrate the history of the building site where the Paul Robeson Center is situated. These formal and informal snapshots help narrate the history of racial segregation and the eventual social integration of Princeton's residents, and even more so, the cultural strivings of Princeton's African-American residents to create and build a strong and rich community.

For more information about the Witherspoon Jackson Neighborhood Quilt by artist Gail Mitchell that is included in the exhibition, please click here.