Event Host: College of Arts and Sciences
Short Description: Join us to learn about an exciting new collaboration that marries photographs and words to bring Black history to life.
Join us to learn about an exciting new collaboration that marries photographs and words to bring Black history to life. Picturing Black History is a collaborative project between Getty Images and Ohio State’s Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective that contributes to the ongoing public dialogue on the significance of Black history and Black life.
The project embraces 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.
Panel:
- Bob Ahern, Director of Archive Photography for Getty Images
- Dawn Chitty, (Ed.D.) is the Director of Education at the African American Civil War Museum
- Daniela Edmeier (Moderator), Ph.D. Candidate Ohio State and Managing Editor of Picturing Black History
- Damarius Johnson, Ph.D. Candidate Ohio State and Associate Editor of Picturing Black History
- James Morgan, Programming Consultant with the African American Civil War Museum
This event is free and open to the public. To register, click the button below.
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This event will be presented with automated closed captions. If you wish to request traditional CART services or other accommodations, please contact Madeline Khurma at khurrma.3@osu.edu. Requests made two weeks before an event will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet all requests.