CSPAN3 American History TV February 15, 2015
Africanamericans have been portrayed in photo graphic images from the time of slavery up through today. The firm is based in many ways on the work of debra willies, reflections in black her groundbreaking book. I was also very much aware that there was kind of other narrative that was going on, as well, in which black people were constructed post slavery and before the end of slavery as something other than human. And it was part of the marketing of photographs and memorabilia, and stereotypes that now would be considered declassy. But they are still haunting us in terms of the way in which we...