From the Introduction to Picturing Black History:

“In developing a history of the African American experience in its variety, community members and scholars alike embrace photography as a visual record of the enduring connections that sustain Black folk.

Black history has been much more than simply a catalog of stories, figures, and events in the struggle against racial discrimination. It has offered a toolkit of strategies for confronting the persistent difficulties of everyday life in a context for imagining new possibilities for African Americans in American society.”

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