"As If: Alternative Histories From Then To Now" is on view in our Lab Gallery and Corridor. Wed-Sun 12pm-6pm | Thurs 12pm-8pm. The exhibition includes works in multiple mediums that offer examples of how we might reimagine historical narratives in order to contend with the traumas of contemporary life. . Harold, a talented African-American scientist, travels through time to prevent the development of the slave trade. Present-day America becomes New Songhay, a thriving diasporic African nation settled by the Songhay Empire. [can also be spelled Songhai] . #AlternativeHistories giampaolobianconi . Image: John Jakes, “Black in Time,” 1988, Published by Bart Books, New York, Cover artist uncredited, Printed book, Private Collection