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Interview: Deborah Willis | Seizing Freedom
Publish Date
July 20, 2021
Interviewees
Deborah Willis
Interviewers
Kidada Williams
Publisher
Seizing Freedom
Topics
famous figures controlling their image through photography
interpretation of photographs to bring history to life
photography's role in conveying information beyond written word
stories of Black Civil War soldiers and African Americans during Reconstruction
the agency of African American women in their portraits
the importance of texts on the back of photographs
the power of historical images circulating online
the significance of freedom as a collective effort
People Mentioned
Charlotte Forten
Deborah Willis
Elizabeth Alexander
Frederick Douglass
John M. Washington
Kidada Williams
Nell Painter
Seth Rogers
Sojourner Truth
Works Mentioned
Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery
Michelle Obama: The First Lady in Photographs
Posing Beauty: African American Images from the 1890s to the Present
The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship
The Black Female Body: A Photographic History
Places Mentioned
Gettysburg
Michigan
Philadelphia
Richmond
Sea Islands
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