Investigate the central role that photography played in effecting change during the Civil Rights Movement in America. Topics of discussion include W.E.B. Du Bois’s Exhibit of the American Negro at the Paris World’s Fair of 1900; James VanDerZee’s expressive documentation of African American life in New York City in the 1920s and 30s; Louis Draper, Beuford Smith, and The Black Photographer’s Annual; and a behind-the-scenes look at related VMFA archives. Presented by Twyla Kitts, VMFA Teacher Programs Educator, and Courtney Tkacz, VMFA Archivist.
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