African American Photographs and Photography

Internet Sites

Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers’ Project, 1936-1938: Contains more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves from the American Memory Collection at the Library of Congress.

Gordon Parks: Photographs from the FSA and OWI: From the American Memory Project at the Library of Congress, this page provides a biography of Gordon Parks and has photographs from his work with the Farm Security Administration in the 1940s.

Images of African Americans in the Nineteenth Century: Complements the papers of the Schomburg collections. Provides a fascinating visual mosaic of black history and culture in the 1800s. Text offers important context to the images.

Jackson Davis Collection of African American Educational Photographs: Images of African Americans in rural schools and colleges. An important resource that can be searched by keyword or place.

Photographs Assembled for the 1900 Paris Exposition: More then 360 photographs from the Library of Congress that were presented by W.E.B. Du Bois at the 1900 Paris Exposition. Images may be searched by keyword, subject, title, and creator.

Books

	Black in America Reed, Eli A photojournalist's view of contemporary African Americans. Call Number: TR820.R37 1997 q Check this item in our catalog
	Hidden Witness : African-American Images from the Dawn of Photography to the Civil War Wilson, Jackie Napolean A slim volume of extraordinary daguerreotypes. Call Number: TR680 .W55 1999 Check this item in our catalog
	Picturing Us : African American Identity in Photography Willis, Deborah, ed. Thought-provoking essays explore how images of African Americans are perceived - and how they should be interpreted in American visual culture. Call Number: TR680 .P53 1994 Check this item in our catalog
	Special Moments in African-American History, 1955-1996 : The Photographs of Moneta Sleet, Jr Sleet, Moneta A photographic record of the life and times of Moneta Sleet, Jr., a staff photographer for the Johnson Publishing Company, from 1955 until his death. Includes many of the twentieth century's most historic moments. Call Number: E185.615 S5735 1998 q Check this item in our catalog
	The Black Female Body : A Photographic History Willis, Deborah and Carla Williams Pulls together early images from out-of-print art books and social-scientific investigations as well as late twentieth century photographs and museum pieces. Call Number: TR674.W55 2002 q Check this item in our catalog
	Viewfinders : Black Women Photographers Moutoussamy-Ashe, Jeanne A record of black women who ventured into photography; compiled by a photographer. Call Number: TR139.M63 1986 q Check this item in our catalog
	Without Sanctuary : Lynching Photography in America Allen, James Shocking photographs and postcards of lynching victims; some text, but the pictures more than tell the story. Call Number: HV6457.W58 2000 q Check this item in our catalog

Databases

African-American History and Culture: This electronic encyclopedia includes thousand of entries covering the entire breadth of African-American history - from African beginnings through the slave trade and the Civil Rights Movement to the present. Entries are organized into five sections: Biographies, Encyclopedia, Historical Documents, Gallery and Maps and Charts. Each entry is cross-referenced through hyperlinks and searchable by topic, by historical era, and by keyword.

maintained by the staff of the African American Department, State Library Resource Center, Enoch Pratt Free Library