Against All Odds: The Art of the Highwaymen

When they began selling their artwork along Florida’s roadways during the Jim Crow era of the 1950s, Harold Newton, Alfred Hair, Roy McLendon, James Gibson, and other African American artists in Fort Pierce, Fla., were just trying to make a living. Today, The Highwaymen are enshrined in the Florida Artists Hall of Fame, their work featured in galleries and private collections all over the world. On loan from the Orange County Regional History Center in Orlando, Against All Odds: The Art of the Highwaymen featured a rare look at the work of all 26 Florida Highwaymen.