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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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.
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
Black Photojournalism
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.
