Other earlier conflicts. We can identify individual faces and we can imagine ourselves on the actual battlefields in the aftermath of the fighting. Thousands of those images are now in the national archives but photos of black soldiers are rare. In her book the black civil War Soldier Deborah Willis shows us the faces of a number of black soldiers who took up arms to fight for their freedom. Using photographs and the written record she examines not only the individual stories of the soldiers, but also the importance of africanamerican communities during and after the war. Deborah willis is University Professor and chair of the department of photography and imaging at the Tisch School of the arts at new York University and has an affiliated appointment with the college of arts and Sciences Department of social and cultural Analysis And Africanus studies. Well, this is the author of envisioning Emancipation And Michelle obama. Both of which received naacp image awards as well as posing b
Archives. Im David Ferriero Archivist of the United States and its my pleasure to welcome you to todays virtual Book Talk with Deborah Willis Author of the black civil War Soldier. The civil war was the first large and prolonged conflict to extensively be recorded in photographs. This visual record gives us a sense of immediacy that we dont have with paintings and prints from the revolutionary war are other earlier conflicts. We can identify individual faces and we can imagine ourselves on the actual battlefields in the aftermath of the fighting. Thousands of those images are now in the national archives but photos of black soldiers are rare. In her book the black civil War Soldier Deborah Willis shows us the faces of a number of black soldiers who took up arms to fight for their freedom. Using photographs and the written record she examines not only the individual stories of the soldiers, but also the importance of africanamerican communities during and after the war. Deborah willis i
Archives. Im David Ferriero Archivist of the United States and its my pleasure to welcome you to todays virtual Book Talk with Deborah Willis Author of the black civil War Soldier. The civil war was the first large and prolonged conflict to extensively be recorded in photographs. This visual record gives us a sense of immediacy that we dont have with paintings and prints from the revolutionary war are other earlier conflicts. We can identify individual faces and we can imagine ourselves on the actual battlefields in the aftermath of the fighting. Thousands of those images are now in the national archives but photos of black soldiers are rare. In her book the black civil War Soldier Deborah Willis shows us the faces of a number of black soldiers who took up arms to fight for their freedom. Using photographs and the written record she examines not only the individual stories of the soldiers, but also the importance of africanamerican communities during and after the war. Deborah willis i
photos of black soldiers are rare. in her book the black civil war soldier deborah willis shows us the faces of a number of black soldiers who took up arms to fight for their freedom. using photographs and the written record she examines not only the individual stories of the soldiers, but also the importance of african-american communities during and after the war. deborah willis is university professor and chair of the department of photography and imaging at the tisch school of the arts at new york university and has an affiliated appointment with the college of arts and sciences department of social and cultural analysis and africanus studies. well, this is the author of envisioning emancipation and michelle obama. both of which received naacp image awards as well as posing beauty now, let s hear from deborah willis. thank you for joining us today. thank you. welcome and good afternoon everyone. i m excited to be here and i thank the national archives for this invitation
thousands of those images are now in the national archives but photos of black soldiers are rare. in her book the black civil war soldier deborah willis shows us the faces of a number of black soldiers who took up arms to fight for their freedom. using photographs and the written record she examines not only the individual stories of the soldiers, but also the importance of african-american communities during and after the war. deborah willis is university professor and chair of the department of photography and imaging at the tisch school of the arts at new york university and has an affiliated appointment with the college of arts and sciences department of social and cultural analysis and africanus studies. well, this is the author of envisioning emancipation and michelle obama. both of which received naacp image awards as well as posing beauty now, let s hear from deborah willis. thank you for joining us today. thank you. welcome and good afternoon everyone. i m excited to