“The archive reveals myriad facets of the Black experience and allows viewers to consider American life of the last century,” per the Smithsonian.
A vast photo archive of two iconic African American publications documenting 20th-century Black life has been transferred to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture and to the Getty Research Institute.
Ebony and Jet, two publications that were instrumental in providing media representation for Black Americans from the 1940s to the mid-2010s, amassed what is considered the most comprehensive archive of its kind. The archive contains over 3 million photo negatives and slides, nearly 1 million photos, 9,000 audio and visual recordings, and more, per the today!
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