Jasper, Texas exhibit opens at County Museum

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Jasper, Texas exhibit opens at County Museum

Posted Monday, February 22, 2010

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Photo by Sarah Wilson

The Brazoria County Historical Museum has opened a new exhibit entitled Jasper, Texas: The Healing of a Community in Crisis. This exhibit was organized by Dr. Ricardo Ainslie of the University of Texas along with documentary photographer Sarah Wilson and produced by Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

In directing viewers’ attention to lives changed by the murder, “Jasper, Texas” suggests the extent to which James Byrd, Jr.’s death was a communal tragedy for this small town in Texas and focuses attention on the strength of Jasper’s community. The photographs imply the way ministers used their relationships with each other and their congregations to keep the incident from becoming a catalyst for more violence. “Jasper, Texas” focuses attention on the strength of Jasper’s community when the eyes of an international audience were focused on the gruesome crime. The exhibit offers images of the idyllic Huff Creek Road, its residents and the church where Byrd’s battered body was discovered.

The exhibit will be available to the public until February 26th. For more information, call 979/864-1208 or visit the Museum’s web site at www.bchm.org.