Harlem on My Mind was a controversial exhibit that caught the public’s attention as it revealed how “white exclusive” museums were. It commanded attention since it was the Metropolitan Museum (MET) first attempt at representing African American through an exhibition1. Although the exhibit may seem empowering for African Americans, it was met with a lot of controversies revealing how racist American society was in the past. One of the major issues that transpired were miscommunications between the exhibit’ s organizers and the Harlem art communities, which fueled Black activism.