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Swanson, Douglas - Manager
EVENT. >>> TODAY'S TOPIC IS ENVISIONS EMANCIPATION, BLACK AMERICANS AND THE END OF SLAVERY BY DEBRA WILLIS AND BARBARA KRAUTHAMER. DEBORAH WILLIS IS...
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Willis, Deborah - Author
THIS IMAGE. AS DEB MENTIONED, WE LIKED THAT THIS IMAGE REALLY ENCAPSULATED THE STORY WE'RE TRYING TO TELL. THERE WE ARE. THERE'S THE COLORIZED VERSION...
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Willis, Deborah - Author
THE NAME OF DOLLY. >> DOLLY WAS A YOUNG WOMAN WHO WAS ENSLAVED BY A PROSPEROUS FAMILY IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA-GEORGIA LOW COUNTRY, THE MAN GAULT FAMILY....
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Krauthamer, Barbara - Assistant Professor
AS DEVICES TO HOLD YOUNG CHILDREN AND BABIES IN THE PHOTOGRAPHIC MOMENT. WE RANGED -- CLOTHES WERE IMPORTANT FOR US TO TELL STORY, BUT ALSO AN ASPECT...
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Willis, Deborah - Author
A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM A PERIOD SHORTLY BEFORE THE WAR AND DURING THE WAR OF IMAGES THAT WERE MEANT TO CALL ATTENTION TO AFRICAN-AMERICANS' CAMPAIGNS...
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Krauthamer, Barbara - Assistant Professor
EMANCIPATION TO THE FRIEDEN SLAVED PEOPLE HERE. SO IT'S AN ASPECT OF TELLING THE STORY THROUGH ART AND OTHER IMAGES. >> THIS IS AN IMAGE WE LIKE VERY...
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Willis, Deborah - Author
OF ABOLITIONIST JOHN BROWN MADE BY AUGUSTUS WASHINGTON, A PROMINENT AFRICAN-AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER. PART OF WHAT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE ROLE...
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Krauthamer, Barbara - Assistant Professor
HER. SHE POSED AS A TEENAGE BOY. BUT NOW SHE'S POSED AS A GIRL, DRESSED AS A WOMAN, BUT ALSO THAT THEY'RE POSING WITH THEIR GUNS AT THEIR HEART...
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Willis, Deborah - Author
A TOTALLY DIFFERENT READ AND UNDERSTANDING OF HOW PEOPLE AN WAY IN DIFFERENT FORMATS. >> THIS IS A PORTRAIT THAT WE'RE ESPECIALLY FOND OF. IT'S A FAMILY...
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Krauthamer, Barbara - Assistant Professor
OF OWNERSHIP, PROPERTY AND EDUCATION. WE SEE THE FAMILY, THE BABY IN THE DOORWAY. BUT THE OWNER OF THE STORE, WE BEGIN TO SEE HOW PROPERTY IS USED...
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Willis, Deborah - Author
1888. THE ASPECT OF ART AND SCULPTURE. THIS IS IN LINCOLN PARK. THE IMAGES THAT SHOWED WORKERS FROM CHIMNEY SWEEPS TO FIREMEN TO CANE MAKERS TO RELIGION,...
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Krauthamer, Barbara - Assistant Professor
DURING THIS TIME AND HOW PHOTOGRAPHS CIRCULATED WITHIN THE FAMILY, POSED IN FRONT OF FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS. >> AGAIN, THE COUPLE AT AN EMANCIPATION DAY...
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Willis, Deborah - Author
AND OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] >> I HAVE A QUESTION. FOR YEARS I THOUGHT OF EMANCIPATION IN TERMS OF JUBILEE AND EXCITEMENT AND WONDERFUL FREEDOM....
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Q&A
IMPRISONED AND FORCED TO WORK FOR SOMEBODY ELSE BY MOBS THAT SAID YOU'VE ACQUIRED PROPERTY, WE'RE GOING TO RUN YOU OFF OF YOUR PROPERTY. SO THAT CONFLICT...
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Willis, Deborah - Author
THAT TIME PERIOD. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. YOU MENTIONED TWO NAMES, ONE WAS LEWIS AGASIS. COULD YOU SPEAK A BIT ABOUT HIM? I THINK...
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Krauthamer, Barbara - Assistant Professor
THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES, ABOUT THEIR ATTEMPTED ESCAPE AND ABOUT THEIR LIVES IN FREEDOM. AND I THINK WHAT IT UNDERSCORED FOR US WAS ONE ASPECT OF THE ABOLITION...
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Willis, Deborah - Author
WERE DESCRIPTIONS OF MASTERS TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS, AS DEB MENTIONED, TO SHOW HOW KIND THEY WERE, YOU KNOW. THE NICE CLOTHING THEY GAVE THE PEOPLE THEY...
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Krauthamer, Barbara - Assistant Professor
TERMS OF HER HEAD DRESS. SHE IS TAKING -- SHE IS WELL TAKEN CARE OF. THERE'S A STORY THAT BARBARA IS ALSO EXPLORING AND WRITING MORE ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE....
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Willis, Deborah - Author
WINDOW AND A MIRROR. AND FOR YOUR SPECIFIC PHOTOGRAPHS HOW IS YOUR COLLECTION A MIRROR FOR ALL AMERICANS, NOT JUST AFRICAN-AMERICANS. >> I DON'T SEE...
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Krauthamer, Barbara - Assistant Professor
FLOODED SUDDENLY WITH LOTS OF BLACK PEOPLE WHO MOVED HERE, BUT IT'S FURTHER COMPLICATED BY THE FACT THAT ABOUT A THIRD OF THE BLACK PEOPLE THAT...
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