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Picturing Black History
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Exploring Black history in the US and across the globe. In collaboration with
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www.picturingblackhistory.org

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Steven Conn and Paul McAllister discussed Picturing Black History, the book, at the Cincinnati Mercantile Library!

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Paul McAllister. Steven Conn holding a copy of Picturing Black History. Steven Conn and Paul McAllister On stage at the library.
March 5, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Last week, Gramercy Books in Bexley hosted a book talk for Picturing Black History for #BlackHistoryMonth. It was standing room only!

Featured are Melvin Barnes Jr., Shawn Waldron, Daniela Edmeier, Nick Breyfogle, and Lorna Closeil.

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Featured are Melvin Barnes Jr. (Ohio Humanities program officer), Shawn Waldron (Getty Images' Curator of Print Sales and Exhibitions), Daniela Edmeier (Managing Editor of Picturing Black History and author), Nick Breyfogle (Picturing Black History Editor), and Lorna Closeil (author).
March 5, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Our book, Picturing Black History, has been getting a lot attention. We appreciate it!

Damarius Johnson represented the Picturing Black History team at the NAACP Image Awards reception. Our Book, "Picturing Black History" was nominated for an NAACP Award.

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Damarius Johnson represented the Picturing Black History team at the NAACP Image Awards reception. Our Book, "Picturing Black History" was nominated for an NAACP Award. He is holding a certificate that confirms the nomination.
March 5, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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On Picturing Black History, Adam Thomas explores the hidden story of the English national team’s first Black footballer, Jack Leslie.

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Photo of Jack Leslie Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images
April 1, 2024 at 11:48 PM
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On February 18, 1959, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, were greeted in Delhi by the Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru.

Read more about King's trip to Delhi and his humanitarian work from historian Nico Slate on PBH.

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On February 18, 1959, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, were greeted in Delhi by the Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. A photo shows the three figures smiling, Nehru in the middle, a flower pinned to the hip-length fitted coat known to this day as a “Nehru jacket.” Photo from: Bettmann Collection/Getty Images
February 19, 2024 at 9:32 PM
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Read what Professor Michele Valerie Ronnick has to say about the "Unboxing" of Henry Box Brown—a dramatic moment that marked Brown's ascent to freedom after a death-defying 27-hour journey to escape from slavery in Richmond.

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This lithograph, drawn around 1851 by Peter Kramer (1823-1907) and printed by Thomas Sinclair (1807-1881) of Philadelphia, was titled “The Resurrection of Henry Box Brown at Philadelphia.” From MPI/Getty Images
January 22, 2024 at 5:29 PM
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From daring Civil War hero to Reconstruction-era political pioneer, the life of former slave Robert Smalls was as amazing as it was significant.

Read more from Paul McAllister on Picturing Black History.

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Photograph of Robert Smalls. Photo by MPI/Getty Images
December 18, 2023 at 6:09 PM