Marriage Equality: Byron Rushing and the Fight for Fairness A world premiere film and community Discussion Presented in partnership with Chimpanzee Productions Tue, April 26, 7:30 pm | Tickets $10 […]
Beauty & Fashion: The Black Portrait Symposium @ NYU April 2 & 3
Beauty and Fashion: The Black Portrait Symposium – @ NYU April 2-3, 2011 Beauty and Fashion: The Black Portrait Symposium Event Date and Time: April 2, 2011 – April 3, […]
Hidden in the Open: A Photographic Essay
By: Trent Kelley, playwright & poet Sometimes it is difficult to write without anger. Pretending or denying that certain controversial truths do not exist, for the purpose of catering to […]
Pamela Newkirk: Growing up with Strangers Who Look Like Family
Award-winning journalist, professor and author, Pamela Newkirk joined us for the DDFR Roadshow @ Brookyn Public Library, where she shared some of the photographs that have inspired her. Her father […]
DDFR Concludes Roadshow at Harlem Stage!
The Harlem Stage Gatehouse was sold-out for the Grand Finale of the Digital Diaspora Family Reunion (DDFR) Road on Sunday, February 27th. The lively celebration hosted by Thomas Allen Harris […]
Caribbean Life: “DDFR Documenting Black Life”
Author Tequila Minsky writes on the DDFR Roadshow Harlem Grand Finale for Caribbean LIfe. Tequila’s article stands out as it was the only one to comprehensively cover the DDFR Grand […]
NPR’s The Takeaway Features DDFR
On Wednesday, March 2, The Takeaway‘s John Hockenberry interviewed Thomas Allen Harris on Digital Diaspora Family Reunion in an episode the called: “Rewriting History, One Family Photo at a Time.” […]
Bernice Bennett shares stories in Silver Spring, MD
BERNICE BENNETT Bernice Bennett shares a story which seems to be more than just a coincidence. She took photographs of pictures on a wall about a month before Hurricane Katrina destroyed everything. […]
Clarence Page – A Hidden Past Comes to Light
It was supposed to be a routine matter, getting a passport in order to make an overseas journey. But for Clarence Page, that routine matter opened the doors to a […]
The Idea Of The Photograph
By Deborah Willis, Ph.D. New York University When I grew up in Philadelphia in the 1950s and 60s, the camera was a central element in our lives. My family treasured […]