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Documenting Environmental Racism

August 26, 2022August 21, 2022 E. James West DOCUMERICA, environment, Environmental Racism, photography, urban history

There’s a good reason why I’ve focused on the work of Chicago-based Black photojournalist John H. White during the first

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Highways, High-Rises and Food Deserts

January 19, 2022January 18, 2022 E. James West Black Metropolis, Chicago, documumerica, photography, urban

This is the second part of our series about Race and DOCUMERICA. For many DOCUMERICA photographers, images of Black life

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Race, Environmental Justice, and DOCUMERICA at 50

November 10, 2021November 9, 2021 E. James West 1970s, Climate Justice, environmental justice, photography, Urban Studies

In April of this year at a press conference staged in front of the National Mall, Democratic Party politicians Ed

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The Visual Documentation of Racist Violence in America

November 4, 2020October 31, 2020 Mary Niall Mitchell Civil War, photography, race, racism, slavery

Speaking to a Washington Post reporter recently, attorney Ben Crump (who represents the families of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Sean

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Photographic Returns: A New Book on Racial Justice and the Time of Photography

March 13, 2020March 11, 2020 AAIHS Editors art, Black women, photography, time

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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