"Organized Love: Ideas on Non-violence"

The civil rights movement in Texas, particularly in Houston, was markedly different from the movement in the rest of the country. The city had its own civil rights leaders — Barbara Jordan, Mickey Leland and the Reverend Bill Lawson among them. There were, however, no landmark events — no March on Selma-like processions, no Rosa Parks-like arrests and no race riots broadcast on the evening news. But civil rights were fought for here…and won, as seen in the art exhibit “Organized Love: Ideas on Non-Violence,” now at the Houston Public Library’s African American Library at the Gregory School. The exhibit is a collection of new work created by contemporary artists in response to historical material found in the archives at Texas Southern University (home to alum Jordan’s and Leland’s papers), The Menil Collection and other local archives. Playwright/poet Thomas Meloncon and visual artists Robert Hodge, Robert Pruitt and Rabea Ballin are among the artists who contributed to “Organized Love.”

10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. Through February 21. Houston Public Library — African American Library at the Gregory School, 1300 Victor Street. For information, call 832‑393‑1440 or visit thegregoryschool.org. Free.

Mondays-Thursdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Starts: Dec. 1. Continues through Feb. 21, 2014