Black Photojournalism — Exhibition Documentary

Videos Dec. 8, 2025

Photojournalism is work and it is livelihood, it is craft and it is documentation, it is a way to be in the world and to share the world, it is a way to resist oppression while insisting on the fullness of life.

Black Photojournalism, organized by Carnegie Museum of Art, is the first exhibition of its kind, featuring nearly 60 photographers who captured historic events and everyday life in the United States from 1945 to 1984. Their work spans the civil rights movement of the 1950s–70s and pivotal moments in American history.

In this video, curator of photography Dan Leers and Charles “Teenie” Harris Community Archivist Charlene Foggie-Barnett share how this landmark exhibition came to be and reveal some of the stories held within the galleries.

About Black Photojournalism

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Black Photojournalism

Sept. 13, 2025–Jan. 19, 2026

Black Photojournalism presents work by more than 40 photographers chronicling historic events and daily life in the United States from the conclusion of World War II in 1945 to the presidential campaigns of 1984, including the civil rights movements through the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.

Heinz Galleries

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Support

Black Photojournalism is presented by BNY.

Major support for this exhibition has been provided by the Virginia Kaufman Endowment. Significant support for this exhibition has been provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.

Black Photojournalism has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom.

Additional support for this exhibition has been provided by the Massey Charitable Trust.

Support for this exhibition’s catalogue has been provided by Arts, Equity, & Education Fund^TM, the Wyeth Foundation for American Art, and John Bauerlein.

In-kind support for this exhibition has been provided by Herman Miller.

Carnegie Museum of Art’s exhibition program is supported by the Carnegie Museum of Art Exhibition Fund and The Fellows of Carnegie Museum of Art.

Carnegie Museum of Art is supported by The Heinz Endowments and Allegheny Regional Asset District. Carnegie Museum of Art receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this exhibition do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.