Aaron Douglas, Let My People Go (ca. 1935-39) and Aspects of Negro Life: From Slavery Through Reconstruction (1934) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photo by Ben Davis.

The Aaron Douglas Art Fair runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28 at Aaron Douglas Art Park, SW 12th & Lane. You can find more details at aarondouglasartfair.com.

Derek Fordjour traces his interest in Harlem Renaissance art to his childhood in Tennessee, where he saw Aaron Douglas’s murals at Fisk University, and to his art history classes at Morehouse.

For Brooks, learning about the impact Topeka-native Aaron Douglas (1899-1979) had as an artist and illustrator was something he thought needed to be highlighted more.