Smithsonian associates. To our members, im so glad that youre here. Its your support that makes events like tonights possible. And to the many of you joining us for the first time, equally warm welcome and an invitation to explore the wide range of programs we offer here at smithsonian associates. Before we begin, now is the perfect time to turn off your cell phone or anything else that might make noise during the program. Thank you for doing that. In february of 2016, a team of New York Times staffers discovered dozens of unpublished photographs in the newspapers archive. Some of these were published in a hugely popular multimedia series, unpublished black history. The monthlong series explored the history behind the photos garnering 1. 7 million views and thousands of comments from readers. Were thrilled to welcome tonight two of the authors involved with creating the book inspired by their discovery. Unseen unpublished black history from the New York Times Photo Archives which is av
Photographs in the newspapers archive. Some of these were published in a hugely popular multimedia series, unpublished black history. It explored the history behind the photos garnering 1. 7 million views and thousands of comments from readers. Were thrilled to welcome tonight two of the authors involved with creating the book inspired by their story, unseen, unpublished black history from the New York Times Photo Archives available for purchase and signing following the program. Darcy evely is a contributing photo editor at the New York Times and creator of the lively morgue. And rachel ellesworns writes about race and Race Relations as a contributing writer for the New York Times, author of american tapestry, ancestors of my shell obama published in 2012. Moderating this evening, rea el co combs. She also serves as the head of the museum earl w and ammanda Stafford Center for media arts. Please join me in welcoming them. [ applause ] i would like to echo laurens wonderful comments an
Discovered dozens of unpublished photographs. They were hugely popular, unpublished black history. The monthlong series explored the history behind the photos, garnering 1. 7 million views and thousands of comments from readers. Were thrilled to welcome tonight two of the authors who were involved with creating the book inspired by their discovery, unseen, unpublished black history from the New York Times Photo Archives, which is available for purchase and signing following the program. Darcy eveleigh is a contributing photo editor at the New York Times, and the creator and editor of the lively morgue, a times blog and tumbler series. Rachel swarns is a contributing author. She is the author of american tapestry, the story of black, white, and multiracial ancestors of michelle obama. Moderating the conversation this evening is rhea combs. The curator of film, history and culture. She serves as the head of museum africanamerican media arts. Please join me in welcoming darcy eveleigh, Ra
Audience members please turn off your cell phones now. Everybody take a second to make sure your cell phone is off. So we have two wonderful boston globe columnist here, kevin cole in in your penitentiary, and we asked him if he would like to attend but when the phone didnt ring we knew it was him. [laughter] shelley and i have covered, first of all, shelley grew up in dorchester very close to the south boston line. She went to south boston high. My entire maternal side is in south boston so we would have grown up knowing, learning about Whitey Bulger by osmosis. Everybody where we grew up where we were from knew he was a hoodlum, a and a very dangerous guy. Approximate the same time the different newspapers, we were paying attention to him and writing about him. And, obviously, what really made whitey just a remarkable story is while he was the most powerful gangster in boston his brother that was the most powerful politician in massachusetts. He was the long serving, longest serving
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