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- Reading MaterialThis thrilling volume not only brings to light an important chapter in African-American history, but it brings long-overdue recognition to Ball (1825-1904), the 19th-century African-American photographer who in his day was regarded as one of the best photographers in America.
- Dawoud Bey: Night Coming Tenderly, BlackAll works part of Rennie Collection, Vancouver.
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- First Nationally Recognized African-American Photographer.James Conway Farley was a photographer in Richmond, Virginia. He was the proprietor of the Jefferson Fine Arts Gallery from 1895 into the 1900s. He is known as the first nationally recognized African-American photographer.
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- Video: The History Makers.The Nation’s Largest African American Video Oral History Collection.
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- Segregation in America: Gordon Parks’ photos of the everyday civil rights strugglePhoto Taken:1956. Nashville, TN.
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- Vogue InterviewLorna Simpson, America’s Most Defiant Conceptual Artist, Makes A Radical Change—To Painting.
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- The Harlem Book of the Dead byISBN: 0871001527, 9780871001528Publication Date: 1978
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- Augustus Washington - Bio & Photo of ArtistHe struggled to get admission into various educational institutions across America, when he finally got an entry into Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, in 1843. It was here that he learned how to make daguerreotypes and work in a darkroom during his freshman year.
- TED TALK VIDEODeborah Willis and Hank Willis Thomas give a mother/son talk at the TED WOMEN 2017 talk in New Orleans.
- Video: Bluff City: The Secret Life of Photographer Ernest Withers.Who was Ernest Withers? Most Americans may not know his name, but they know his photographs, which are some of the most iconic images of the civil rights movement. In Bluff City, author Preston Lauterbach examines the career of Ernest Withers, an African-American photographer who traveled extensively with Martin Luther King, Jr. during his public life. What no one knew, was that Withers was an informant and an essential asset to the FBI. A book signing follows the program.