Black photojournalism / edited by Charlene Foggie-Barnett and Dan Leers ; with contributions by Joy Bivins, Tina M. Campt, Sharon Farmer, Gerald Horne, Liz Johnson Artur, Paula V. Kupfer, Dorothy Leavell, Kwamé Omari, Leigh Raiford, Deborah Willis, and Damon Young.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Foggie-Barnett, Charlene, editor.

Leers, Dan, editor.

Carnegie Museum of Art, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American journalists--20th century.

African American journalists.

African American newspapers--20th century.

African American newspapers.

Photographers, Black--United States--20th century.

Photographers, Black.

African American press--20th century.

African American press.

Minorities and journalism--United States--20th century.

Minorities and journalism.

Photojournalism--Exhibitions.

Photojournalism.

Genre:

exhibition catalogs.

photobooks.

Exhibition catalogs.

Photobooks.

Physical Description:

348 pages : photographs (chiefly black and white) ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, PA : Carnegie Museum of Art, 2025.

Summary:

"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." - back 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

"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

ISBN:

9780880390767

088039076X

OCLC:

1532505092