Toni Morrison’s Beloved receives acclaim and suppression in equal measure, proving that unapologetically centering Blackness in literature is still controversial in the United States.





Toni Morrison’s Beloved receives acclaim and suppression in equal measure, proving that unapologetically centering Blackness in literature is still controversial in the United States.
The influence of writer and musician Gil Scott-Heron is widely felt. However, assessing his legacy involves figuring out just what kind of artist he was.
His victories, entrepreneurial spirit, and flamboyance in and out of the ring made Sugar Ray Robinson the quintessential modern athlete.
In his last and least known book, James Baldwin demonstrates how the Atlanta Child Murders were not an aberration but rather evidence of the failures of integration, the growing divide between the Black poor and the middle classes, and the need to claim the dead as our own.
Without images of African Americans, depictions of important military moments are incomplete.
Assata Shakur is a lasting symbol of resistance, political commitment, and global struggles for liberation.
Lifelong learner Edwin Moses founded his tremendous success on the relationships he forged and the skills he developed at Morehouse College.
The editorial team at Picturing Black History recognizes the importance of Black history as a subject of academic knowledge and a source of African diaspora identities. We embrace the power of images to capture stories of oppression and resistance, perseverance and resilience, freedom dreams, imagination, and joy within the United States and around the globe.
Picturing Black History emerged in the wake of national and international Black Lives Matter protests following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of four Minneapolis police officers in 2020. We recognize that Black Lives Matter is a contemporary outgrowth of a long history of Black racial protest in the United States. Picturing Black History is our collaborative effort to contribute to an ongoing public dialogue on the significance of Black history and Black life in the United States and throughout the globe.