Morningside Lights: A Neighborhood Procession Celebrates Bearden’s Black Odyssey

Hundreds of people held aloft glowing lanterns honoring African American artist Romare Bearden during the third annual Morningside Lights procession. his year’s theme was "Odysseus on the A Train," part of a yearlong celebration on campus of Bearden and his iconic 1977 collage series, "A Black Odyssey."