Photographs in the newspapers archive. Some of these were published in a hugely popular multimedia series, unpublished black history. It explored the history behind the photos garnering 1. 7 million views and thousands of comments from readers. Were thrilled to welcome tonight two of the authors involved with creating the book inspired by their story, unseen, unpublished black history from the New York Times Photo Archives available for purchase and signing following the program. Darcy evely is a contributing photo editor at the New York Times and creator of the lively morgue. And rachel ellesworns writes about race and Race Relations as a contributing writer for the New York Times, author of american tapestry, ancestors of my shell obama published in 2012. Moderating this evening, rea el co combs. She also serves as the head of the museum earl w and ammanda Stafford Center for media arts. Please join me in welcoming them. [ applause ] i would like to echo laurens wonderful comments an