11 Photo Stories On Black History That Will Challenge Your View Of The World

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An NAACP flyer campaigning for the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives in 1922, but was filibustered to defeat in the Senate. Dyer, the NAACP, and freedom fighters around the country, like Flossie Baily, struggled for years to get the Dyer and other anti-lynching bills passed, to no avail. Today there is still no U.S. law specifically against lynching. In 2005, eighty of the 100 U.S. Senators voted for a resolution to apologize to victims' families and the country for their failure to outlaw lynching. Courtesy of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

Some Exhibits to Come – One Hundred Years of Jim Crow

Bibliography – One Hundred Years Of Jim Crow

Claude, age 23, just months before his 1930 murder. Courtesy of Faith Deeter.

Freedom’s Heroes During Jim Crow: Flossie Bailey and the Deeters

Souvenir Portrait of the Lynching of Abram Smith and Thomas Shipp, August 7, 1930, by studio photographer Lawrence Beitler. Courtesy of the Indiana Hisorical Society.

An Iconic Lynching in the North

Claxton Dekle – Prosperous Farmer, Husband & Father of Two

Ancient manuscripts about mathematics and astronomy from Timbuktu, Mali

Some Exhibits to Come – African Peoples Before Captivity

Shackles for Adults & Children from the Henrietta Marie

Some Exhibits to Come – The Middle Passage

What I Saw Aboard a Slave Ship in 1829

Life After Hate: A Former White Power Leader Redeems Himself

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February 21, 2022

By Pia Peterson and Kate Bubacz, BuzzFeed News

We teamed up with Feature Shoot to find some of our favorite photo stories on Black history.

It’s a long weekend for much of America, and what could be better than settling in with some excellent photo stories? We are happy to partner with Feature Shoot for this special edition of our roundup. Its archive is truly impressive, and we’re pleased to present some of our favorites around Black history in particular. This list has everything, from the classic greats (Gordon Parks! Roy DeCarava!) to the more modern darlings (Carrie Mae Weems! Naima Green!). It explores themes around family, identity, and diaspora, and will almost certainly leave you with a profound respect for the range of photographic work.

“‘Adam & Eve’ Is a Tribute to the People of the African Diaspora”

“Radiant Girls of the African Diaspora, Adorned in Crowns, Lace, and Pearls”

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Discover why it’s important for Black History Month to do more than counter racism and learn more about a Met exhibit that focused on African American history.

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