Explore the historical evolution and visual significance of this theme through the extensive archives of Luminous-Lint. By connecting rare images, scholarly research, and diverse photographic techniques, we provide a comprehensive framework for understanding how these visual narratives have shaped the medium across the 19th and 20th centuries. Dive into our networked database of over 130,000 images to discover the pivotal trends, individual masterpieces, and deep historical connections that define this field.
| Introduction |
| 1 | Introduction to photography by, and of, African Americans |
| Slavery |
| 2 | Slavery in America |
| 3 | Joseph T. Zealy: African American slaves |
| 4 | The scourged back |
| 5 | Southworth and Hawes: The Branded Hand of Captain Jonathan Walker |
| 6 | Abolitionists |
| 7 | Roles and representation of African Americans in nineteenth century photography |
| 8 | Emancipated slaves in the USA |
| 9 | The Unknown Sitter - African American Portraits of the 1860s-1880s |
| Photo postcards |
| 10 | Real photo postcards: African Americans |
| Photographers |
| 11 | Francis Benjamin Johnston: Hampton Album (1899-1900) |
| 12 | James Van der Zee: Harlem |
| 13 | Julian Dimock: African-Americans in South Carolina (1904-1905) |
| 14 | Doris Ulmann: Roll, Jordan, Roll (1933) |
| 15 | Aaron Siskind: Harlem Document (1932-1940) |
| Race hatred and prejudice |
| 16 | The Klu Klux Klan and race hatred in America |
| 17 | A symbol of race hatred - lynchings in America |
| Civil rights |
| 18 | Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) |
| 19 | Danny Lyon: Memories of the Southern Rights Movement (1962-1964) |
| 20 | Ernest Withers: The struggle for civil rights in the USA |
| Robert Mapplethorpe and the black body |
| 21 | Robert Mapplethorpe: Black bodies |
| Contemporary issues |
| 22 | Hank Willis Thomas: Unbranded, Reflections in Black by Corporate America 1968-2008 |
