In the late 1950s and through the ’60s, Kwame Brathwaite used photography to popularize the slogan “Black is Beautiful.” This exhibition at the Columbia Museum of Art—the first ever dedicated to Brathwaite’s amazing career—tells the story of a key figure of the second Harlem Renaissance. Make the trip to the Midlands to take in this powerful body of work.

Columbia Museum of Art, 1515 Main St. Thursday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $10. (803) 799-2810, columbiamuseum.org