significance, ranging from ancient Egypt through World War I. Commercial artist Charles C. Dawson directed the creation of the dioramas. The temporary exhibit was only on display for the roughly two months the exhibition ran and inspired local teachers in improving teaching African American history. A list of the dioramas in the names at the time of showing, included: Of the original 33 dioramas, 13 of them were lost and Tuskegee University, through Dawson, an alumni who was started teaching at the institution, acquired the remaining 20 dioramas from the State of Illinois. They were placed at the University's old George Washington Carver Museum, then moved to the main library. Due to their state of disrepair, they had arrived at Tuskegee at "60% destroyed", they were stored away from public view for decades. Tuskegee's Legacy Museum set up a new exhibit, "20 Dioramas: Brightly-Lit Windows, Magically Different", using the twenty dioramas to "demonstrate the rich past of African-Americans". The museum curator, Dr. Jontyle Robinson, used the conservation work to "improve diversity in the field of conservation", since "[o]nly 1 to 2% of conservators are African American." Restoring a single diorama costs between $25,000 to $30,000 in 2018. CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Rita Braver did a story on the dioramas, with the intention of bringing awareness and hope that the segment would help in unearthing the lost 13. Legacy In 2015, the African American Cultural Center of the University of Illinois at Chicago curated an exhibition of the Exposition "showcas[ing]...objects, images and texts from the landmark...Exposition." See also The Exhibit of American Negroes-sociological display within the Palace of Social Economy at the 1900 World's Fair in Paris. References Notes 1.Not including the 230 "Negro Newspapers". External links Official Program of the 1940 American Negro Exposition Official program and guidebook-hosted by the Internet Archive. Cavalcade of the American Negro-Information hosted by the Library of Congress on a book of the same name produced by the Illinois Writers' Project of the WPA, which became "one of the more important contributions" and "includes a useful description of all the exhibits at the exposition." 1940 festivals 1940 in Illinois African-American festivals African-American history between emancipation and the civil rights movement World's fairs in Chicago American Civil War anniversaries African-American history in Chicago