The “Racist Commercial Art of the Early 20th Century” exhibit now on display in Room 107 on the Main Level of Duane G. Meyer Library shows some of the negative ways advertisers depicted African Americans in the early 20th century.  While this exhibit may be objectionable and disturbing to some visitors, the exhibit organizers hope that viewing the materials will lead to discussion of the racism of yesterday, as well as an awareness of how such imagery has affected perceptions of African Americans even up to the present. Most of the materials are on loan from Harold McPherson, who collected the objects to use as educational tools. The exhibit is on display through Thursday, May 4.