Book Trailer: 'Pictures and Progress: Early Photography and the Making of African American Identity'

Duke University Press:

 

The new book Pictures and Progress, co-edited by Duke Professor Maurice Wallace, looks at how the invention of photography was used for and against political gain for African Americans. 

Learn more about the Duke University Press book here: http://www.dukeupress.edu/Catalog/ViewProduct.php?productid=17852.

Thinking While Black: Jada Williams Connects 'A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass' to Contemporary Education

from the Frederick Douglass Foundation of New York

Jada Reads her Essay. Find out what happened to her after writing this essay that was supposed to be entered into a contest (which never was) Find out more about what happens when you stand up to fight for your education. Let's hold the Rochester City School District accountable.

Here are some details:

Pt. 1 - http://www.fdfny.org/blog/2012/02/17/they-kicked-her-off-the-plantation/

Pt. 2 - http://www.fdfny.org/blog/2012/02/18/a-follow-up-on-the-persecuted-miss-willi...

Pt. 3 -
http://www.fdfny.org/blog/2012/02/20/they-kicked-her-off-the-plantation-part-...