“New York University displays ‘Her Word As Witness: Portraits of Women Writers of the African Diaspora,’ 35 images by Brooklyn-based photographer Laylah Amatullah Barrayn, at NYU’s Center for Multicultural Education […]
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Historic photos of African-American gay men unearthed
theGrio features an article covering Trent Kelley’s “Hidden in the Open: A Photographic Essay of Afro American Male Couples.” The full photo-essay, comprised of 64 historic photographs of Black gay […]
New Photo Exhibit on the “Afro-American Newspaper” @ Baltimore
“To commemorate the 120th anniversary of the Afro-American newspaper, the second longest running black periodical in the United States, this pictorial exhibition features 120 images from the Afro’s archive collections […]
Final Week! Question Bridge: Black Male – Installation @ Brooklyn Museum
This is the final week of the “Question Bridge: Black Male” Installation at the Brooklyn Museum (which ran from January 13–July 15, 2012.) Now through Sunday 7/15, museum goers can […]
Louis Agassiz exhibit divides Harvard, Swiss group
250 years after his death, Louis Agassiz continues to be a controversial figure in today’s world. Harvard-affiliated Agassiz gained renown for his landmark works done in the field of Natural […]
Langmuir Photo Collection @ Emory University
Last year, Emory University had acquired a collection of approximately 12,000 photographs from long-time collector Robert Langmuir. These images have garnered much attention, as the majority of the pictures are […]
“Picture and Progress” new book on African Americans & Photography
Duke University Press published the new book “Pictures and Progress: Early Photography and the Making of African American Identity”. Maurice O. Wallace, professor of English and African & African American […]
NYT: In Class Photos, Faces of Change
“QUEENS is the most diverse county in the country, and one way to see that is to view a historical panorama of students from Public School 99 in Kew Gardens.” […]
Revealed: Photos of Japanese-American Internment Camps
Amateur photographer Bill Manbo and his family were relocated and detained in a Japanese-American internment camp at Heart Mountain, Wyoming during World War II. “They lived in sparse barracks. Food, […]
“Civil Rights & Cinema” Live web chat with Yoruba Richen & Thomas Allen Harris
Filmmakers Thomas Allen Harris and Yoruba Richen discuss politics, pride and film production during a LiveStream program hosted by the National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC) on Tuesday. Viewers from across […]