Similar inventiveness distinguishes the "racial harmony" panels: "The Underground Railroad" (white men helping runaway slaves to escape), "Opening Day at Talladega College" (newly freed slaves bartering animals and produce for tuition) and "The Building of Savery Library" (blacks and whites laboring together).

WSJ: Rising Up: Hale Woodruff's Murals From Talladega College | High Museum of Art | From Mutiny to Harmony | By Karen Wilkin

After a year of conservation that fully revealed their rich, varied palette, the six paintings are the center of an informative survey, "Rising Up: Hale Woodruff's Murals at Talladega College, " organized by Stephanie Heydt of the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, in collaboration with the college.

WSJ: Rising Up: Hale Woodruff's Murals From Talladega College | High Museum of Art | From Mutiny to Harmony | By Karen Wilkin