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Black photojournalism

Abstract

"Black Photojournalism...presents work by nearly sixty photographers chronicling historic events and daily life in the United States from the conclusion of World War II in 1945 to the presidential campaigns of 1984, including the civil rights movement through the 1950s, '60s, and '70s. Drawn from the collections of journalists, libraries, museums, newspapers, photographers, and universities, the pictures in the exhibition were circulated and reviewed in publishing offices before anything went to print. Each one represents the energy of many dedicated individuals who worked to get out the news every single day. Responding to a dearth of stories about Black lives told from the perspectives of Black people, Black publishers and their staff created groundbreaking editorial and photojournalistic methods and news networks. During a period of urgent social change and civil rights advocacy, newspapers and magazines, including the (Baltimore) Afro-American, Atlanta Daily World, Pittsburgh Courier, Chicago Defender, and Ebony, transformed how people were able to access ways of seeing themselves and their communities"-- page [4] of cover.

Contents

Foreword / Deborah Willis -- Introduction / Eric Crosby -- Acknowledgments / Charlene Foggie-Barnett and Dan Leers -- We real cool (5 images) / Kwamé Omari -- Black photojournalism : a [partial] history / Dan Leers -- On community archiving / Charlene Foggie-Barnett in conversation with Damon Young -- Now I use the colours of the mind / Liz Johnson Artur -- "The possibilities of a gaze" / Joy Bivins, Tina M. Campt, Sharon Farmer, Gerald Horne, Dorothy Leavell, and Leigh Raiford -- Exhibition Checklist -- Photographer biographies / Paula V. Kupfer -- List of lenders and archives consulted -- Contributors -- Trustees, advisory board, and staff -- Reproduction Credits -- Index.

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    Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Museum of Art, [2025]

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    • 9780880390767
    • 088039076X

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    • "This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition Black Photojournalism, co-curated by Dan Leers, curator of photography, and Charlene Foggie-Barnett, Charles "Teenie" Harris community archivist, and organized by Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh. Carnegie Museum of Art, September 13, 2025 - January 19, 2026 ; Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, March 3 - July 11, 2026"--Colophon.
    • Includes photographers: Harry Adams, Anthony Barboza, A. B. Bell, Bryan Berteaux, Robert "Bob" Black, Kwame Brathwaite, James M. Carrington, Don Hogan Charles, Adger Cowans, Guy Crowder, Clarence Davis, Roy DeCarava, E. J. Doran, Bob Douglas, Louis Draper, Jonathan Eubanks, Sharon Farmer, Mikki Ferrill, Ray Francis, Theodore Gaffney, John F. Glanton, Hugh Grannum, Ted Gray, William Garfield Greaves, Bob Greene, Tyrone Hall, Ken Hamblin, Austin Hansen, Charles "Teenie" Harris, Harris Photo New York, Chester Higgins Jr., James Hinton, David Johnson, Kojo Kamau, John W. Mosley, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, Marilyn Nance, Larry Neal, Gordon Parks, Harmon Perry, Scurlock Studio, Robert Sengstacke, Coreen Simpson, Moneta Sleet Jr., Al Smith, Beuford Smith, Ming Smith, Willard Smith, Joseph Stewart, Bruce Talamon, Elaine Tomlin, Alma Vaughan, Shawn Walker, Don West, John H. White, Charles Williams, Irving A. Williamson Sr., Deborah Willis, Ernest C. Withers, LeRoy Woodson, and Clinton Wright.

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