Black Photojournalism

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Carnegie Museum of Art

3 episodes

3 days ago

Black Photojournalism is a podcast featuring conversations between contemporary artists, journalists, historians, and photographers about a period in the United States from the conclusion of World War II in 1945 to the presidential campaigns of 1984 when Black-owned media transformed how people were able to access seeing themselves and their communities. Hosted by renowned author and journalist Mark Whitaker, the series explores this period of urgent social change and civil rights advocacy in different cities and regions around the nation. Episodes roll out every other Wednesday from October 22, 2025 to January 14, 2026. Listen at carnegieart.org or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Episodes (3/3)

Black Photojournalism

Episode 3: Las Vegas

In this episode, photographer Clinton Wright talks about what it was like to move to and photograph Las Vegas in the 1960s and 70s, a time when many casinos were still segregated. Aaron Mayes and Claytee White, who work with Wright’s archive at the UNLV Libraries Special Collection help situate these photographs within the historical context of Civil Rights activism in Las Vegas. —Cover Image: Clinton Wright (b. 1940, Altheimer, AR), Cosmetiques campaign rally at Moulin Rouge, 1970, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University Libraries, Special Collection and Archives

2 weeks ago

33 minutes 47 seconds

Black Photojournalism

Episode 2: Baltimore

Dr. Frances “Toni” Murphy Draper and artist Savannah Wood talk about the history of Baltimore’s AFRO American Newspaper and their family’s ownership of the paper that dates back five generations to 1892. Today, the AFRO holds more than three million photographs in its archive which it is seeking to make public in a new visitor center in the Upton neighborhood. —Image: unidentified photographer, “Surrounded by excited AFRO newsies, Mayor McKeldin pauses in front of the AFRO building, Friday, while he and Miss Florence L. Murphy, Clean Block director, look over the route of the clean block tour of the city.,” 1946, Collection of The AFRO-American Newspapers Archives

3 weeks ago

42 minutes 58 seconds

Black Photojournalism

Episode 1: Pittsburgh

In the first episode, artist Hank Willis Thomas talks about growing up in a household that hosted numerous Black photojournalists and how that influenced his practice. Host Mark Whitaker and Charlene Foggie-Barnett, community archivist for the Charles “Teenie” Harris archive, discuss their personal connections to Pittsburgh and the rich Black history of the city.

1 month ago

44 minutes 1 second