This is the second blog on Black photographers continues where the first left off. It explores Black photography from the Civil Rights era up to the present. Below please find additional information on Black photographers.
NOTE--This informational blog is compiled by (with the exception of the introduction and photograph) and reprinted with permission from Abdul Akalimat, PhD
Books
Joe Crawford Black Photographers Annual 1973-1980 https://user-qpwbkti.cld.bz/bpa1973 https://vmfa.museum/collections/stories/the-black-photographers-annual/
SNCC
Bob :Fletcher https://snccdigital.org/people/bobby-fletcher/ https://www.wmnf.org/a-conversation-with-civil-rights-photographer-bob-fletcher/
Julius Lester https://www.crmvet.org/images/plester.htm http://www.profotos.com/juliuslester/
Chicago
Chester Sheard https://tinyurl.com/3k3ejb3z https://www.uwp.edu/explore/news/sheard.cfm
Hank Martin https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/988009-2/
Washington DC
Roland Freeman https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/remembering-roland-freeman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtGrYnP4N_o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm1hVPjk8Xk https://tinyurl.com/4m76vuuf
San Francisco
David Johnson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Johnson_(photographer) https://www.npr.org/2024/03/17/1239005042/photographer-david-johnson-san-francisco-black-culture-dead https://tinyurl.com/4enkmsu8
Los Angeles
Black Image Center https://www.blackimagecenter.org/
Roland Charles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Charles#External_links https://www.csun.edu/bradley-center/roland-charles-0 https://cow-crimson-ch7p.squarespace.com/past-exhibitions/black-la
Nashville
George Walker III and George Walker IV https://www.georgewalkergallery.com/ https://nossi.edu/faculty/george-walker-iv/ https://www.tennessean.com/staff/2647680001/george-walker-iv/
New York
Joe Walker https://keywiki.org/Joe_Walker
Pittsburgh
Charles Teenie Harris https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Harris_(photographer) https://carnegieart.org/art/charles-teenie-harris-archive/
Philadelphia
John Mosley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Mosley https://digital.library.temple.edu/digital/collection/p15037coll17
Detroit
Dale Rich https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtMKYI7nkjo https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/8462 https://www.telegramnews.net/story/2023/03/02/lifestyles/dale-rich-says-it-with-pictures/2186.html
Atlanta
Sheila Pree Bright https://southboundproject.org/photographer/sheila-pree-bright/
Sue Ross https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-black-history/photo-griot-sue-ross-has-documented-black-atlanta-for-decades/YEJZVOUNBBFVDNA5QZZKKQ6TPQ/ https://www.photogriot.com/about_me https://archive.storycorps.org/interviews/atd001172/
James Alexander https://www.thejimalexandercollection.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Alexander_(photographer) https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/jim-alexander-41