Following an introduction to the exhibition Dorothy Height’s Hats by MFA Curatorial Assistant Stephanie Chill, panelists Gwendolyn Reese, President of the African American Heritage Association, a member of the National Council of Negro Women St Petersburg Metropolitan  Section, and Carla Bristol, Gallerie 909, will participate in a discussion about Dr. Height’s influential life and how self-presentation makes a difference today.

Free with Museum admission, which is $5 after 5 pm on Thursday.

Image: Dr. Dorothy Height presenting the Mary McLeod Bethune Human Rights Award to Eleanor Roosevelt in 1960