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Recorded by

Cosby, Bill, American, born 1937

Place

Westbury, Nassau County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Recorded by

Cosby, Bill, American, born 1937

Bill Cosby Is A Very Funny Fellow...Right!

Recorded by

Cosby, Bill, American, born 1937

Recorded by

Cosby, Bill, American, born 1937

Recorded by

Mongo Santamaría, Cuban American, 1917 - 2003

Photograph of a Young Lords Party march commemorating the Ponce massacre

Photographed BY

Maristany, Hiram, American, born 1945

Caption

Young Lords photographer, Hiram Maristany captured this image on March 21, 1971 when the Young Lords Party organized a commemorative march for the 1937 Ponce Massacre in Ponce, Puerto Rico. More than 7,000 Young Lords Party members participated in the march, which culminated in a rally at Plaza Borinquena.

Place

Bronx, New York, United States, North and Central America

Created by

African Jazz-Arts Society and Studios, American, founded 1956

Photographed BY

Yearwood, Lloyd W., American, 1925 - 2011

Place

Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Photographed BY

Mitchell, Jack, American, 1925 - 2013

Created by

Boddie, Terry, American, born 1965

Caption

ARTIST STATEMENT: In the image Blueprint, I juxtapose the image of a housing project on 135th Street and Broadway in Harlem, with the slave ship icon that shows the way African [sic] were stowed in the holds of the ships on the journey from the African continent to the Americas and the Caribbean. The title Blueprint suggests that both of these acts were premeditated. One was to efficiently expedite the shipment of as many bodies that could physically fit into the holds of the ships. The other was to warehouse the descendants of those Africans post-Emancipation in as efficient a manner as possible. The color blue also references the blues, the uniquely American musical idiom created by enslaved African [sic] in response to their social and political position within American society. -- Terry Boddie, 2017

Place

Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Brochure and order form for Nappy Collectibles

Created by

Happy I'm Nappy Collectibles, Inc., American, founded 1984

Place

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Photographed BY

Gaskin, Gerard H., Trinidadian American, born 1965

Place

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Color(ed) Theory: Harold's Chicken Shack

Photographed BY

Williams, Amanda, American, born 1974

Caption

Statement from the artist:, “From 2014-2015 Amanda Williams created a contemporary art project called Color(ed) Theory. Amanda covertly and without permission, painted empty houses in and around Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood that were slated for demolition. She developed a unique, culturally coded, monochromatic color palette based on hues found in primarily in consumer products marketed toward Black people along commercial corridors on Chicago’s South Side. The project emphasized how colors have socially constructed associations that are inextricably linked to race and class. The series explored how academic and theoretical definitions of color map across veiled language used in American media/popular culture to describe racially charged city spaces. What color is urban? What color is gentrification? What color is privilege? Williams then photographed each house, calling attention to the architectural details as well as their isolated context.”

Place

Englewood, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Photographed BY

Williams, Amanda, American, born 1974

Caption

Statement from the artist:, “From 2014-2015 Amanda Williams created a contemporary art project called Color(ed) Theory. Amanda covertly and without permission, painted empty houses in and around Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood that were slated for demolition. She developed a unique, culturally coded, monochromatic color palette based on hues found in primarily in consumer products marketed toward Black people along commercial corridors on Chicago’s South Side. The project emphasized how colors have socially constructed associations that are inextricably linked to race and class. The series explored how academic and theoretical definitions of color map across veiled language used in American media/popular culture to describe racially charged city spaces. What color is urban? What color is gentrification? What color is privilege? Williams then photographed each house, calling attention to the architectural details as well as their isolated context.”

Place

Englewood, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Photographed BY

Williams, Amanda, American, born 1974

Caption

Statement from the artist:, “From 2014-2015 Amanda Williams created a contemporary art project called Color(ed) Theory. Amanda covertly and without permission, painted empty houses in and around Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood that were slated for demolition. She developed a unique, culturally coded, monochromatic color palette based on hues found in primarily in consumer products marketed toward Black people along commercial corridors on Chicago’s South Side. The project emphasized how colors have socially constructed associations that are inextricably linked to race and class. The series explored how academic and theoretical definitions of color map across veiled language used in American media/popular culture to describe racially charged city spaces. What color is urban? What color is gentrification? What color is privilege? Williams then photographed each house, calling attention to the architectural details as well as their isolated context.”

Place

Englewood, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Color(ed) Theory: Loose Squares, Newport 100's

Photographed BY

Williams, Amanda, American, born 1974

Caption

Statement from the artist:, “From 2014-2015 Amanda Williams created a contemporary art project called Color(ed) Theory. Amanda covertly and without permission, painted empty houses in and around Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood that were slated for demolition. She developed a unique, culturally coded, monochromatic color palette based on hues found in primarily in consumer products marketed toward Black people along commercial corridors on Chicago’s South Side. The project emphasized how colors have socially constructed associations that are inextricably linked to race and class. The series explored how academic and theoretical definitions of color map across veiled language used in American media/popular culture to describe racially charged city spaces. What color is urban? What color is gentrification? What color is privilege? Williams then photographed each house, calling attention to the architectural details as well as their isolated context.”

Place

Englewood, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Photographed BY

Williams, Amanda, American, born 1974

Caption

Statement from the artist:, “From 2014-2015 Amanda Williams created a contemporary art project called Color(ed) Theory. Amanda covertly and without permission, painted empty houses in and around Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood that were slated for demolition. She developed a unique, culturally coded, monochromatic color palette based on hues found in primarily in consumer products marketed toward Black people along commercial corridors on Chicago’s South Side. The project emphasized how colors have socially constructed associations that are inextricably linked to race and class. The series explored how academic and theoretical definitions of color map across veiled language used in American media/popular culture to describe racially charged city spaces. What color is urban? What color is gentrification? What color is privilege? Williams then photographed each house, calling attention to the architectural details as well as their isolated context.”

Place

Englewood, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Color(ed) Theory: Currency Exchange, Safe Passage

Photographed BY

Williams, Amanda, American, born 1974

Caption

Statement from the artist:, “From 2014-2015 Amanda Williams created a contemporary art project called Color(ed) Theory. Amanda covertly and without permission, painted empty houses in and around Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood that were slated for demolition. She developed a unique, culturally coded, monochromatic color palette based on hues found in primarily in consumer products marketed toward Black people along commercial corridors on Chicago’s South Side. The project emphasized how colors have socially constructed associations that are inextricably linked to race and class. The series explored how academic and theoretical definitions of color map across veiled language used in American media/popular culture to describe racially charged city spaces. What color is urban? What color is gentrification? What color is privilege? Williams then photographed each house, calling attention to the architectural details as well as their isolated context.”

Place

Englewood, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Photographed BY

Williams, Amanda, American, born 1974

Caption

Statement from the artist:, “From 2014-2015 Amanda Williams created a contemporary art project called Color(ed) Theory. Amanda covertly and without permission, painted empty houses in and around Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood that were slated for demolition. She developed a unique, culturally coded, monochromatic color palette based on hues found in primarily in consumer products marketed toward Black people along commercial corridors on Chicago’s South Side. The project emphasized how colors have socially constructed associations that are inextricably linked to race and class. The series explored how academic and theoretical definitions of color map across veiled language used in American media/popular culture to describe racially charged city spaces. What color is urban? What color is gentrification? What color is privilege? Williams then photographed each house, calling attention to the architectural details as well as their isolated context.”

Place

Englewood, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Created by

Robinson, Brooks B. Ph.D., American

Directed by

Cham, Robert

Place

United States, North and Central America

Place

New York City, New York, New York, United States, North and Central America, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America, Chicago, Clark County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Portrait of Lovie Patton and Claudine Waller

Photographed BY

Olson, Martha, American

Caption

Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."

Place

Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Photographed BY

Olson, Martha, American

Caption

Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."

Place

Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Photographed BY

Olson, Martha, American

Caption

Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."

Place

Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Portrait of an unidentified woman seated in a chair

Photographed BY

Olson, Martha, American

Caption

Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."

Place

Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Portrait of an unidentified student in kindergarten class

Photographed BY

Olson, Martha, American

Caption

Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."

Place

Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Portrait of an anonymous man on a mule drawn cart at 6 a.m.

Photographed BY

Olson, Martha, American

Caption

Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."

Place

Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Portrait of Annie Lee Taylor holding Geneva Taylor

Photographed BY

Olson, Martha, American

Caption

Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."

Place

Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Carte-de-visite of Hubert Gideon Welles in outfit sewn by Elizabeth Keckley

Photographed BY

Ulke, Henry, German-American, 1821 - 1910

Photographed BY

Brady, Mathew, American, 1822 - 1896

Place

United States, North and Central America

Photographed BY

Royster, Kenneth, American, born 1944

Place

United States, North and Central America

Photographed BY

Royster, Kenneth, American, born 1944

Place

United States, North and Central America

Photographed BY

Royster, Kenneth, American, born 1944

Place

United States, North and Central America

Photographed BY

Royster, Kenneth, American, born 1944

Place

United States, North and Central America

Photographed BY

Royster, Kenneth, American, born 1944

Place

United States, North and Central America

Lantern slide of the slave dealers, Birch & Co., in Alexandria, Virginia

Photographed BY

Brady, Mathew, American, 1822 - 1896

Place

Alexandria, Virginia, United States, North and Central America

Photographed BY

Eli Reed, American, born 1946

Place

San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America

Joseph and Charles, Walking the Labels Category, POCC Ball, Webster Hall, Manhattan, NY, 2007

Photographed BY

Gaskin, Gerard H., Trinidadian American, born 1965

Caption

"The balls are a celebration of black and Latino urban gay life. They were born in Harlem out of a need for black and Latino gays to have a safe space to express themselves. Balls are constructed like beauty and talent pageants. The participants work to redefine and critique gender and sexual identity through an extravagant fashion masquerade. Women and men become fluid, interchangeable points of departure and reference, disrupting the notion of a fixed and rigid gender and sexual self. My images try to show a more personal and intimate beauty, pride, dignity, courage, and grace that have been painfully challenged by mainstream society. All of this happens at night in small halls in cities all over the country. These photographs, taken in New York, Philadelphia, Richmond, and Washington, D.C., show us different views of these spaces as they are reflected in the eyes of house and ball members who perform what they wish these cities could be." – Gerard H. Gaskin

Place

Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America