Manifest: thirteen colonies

Abstract

"Manifest: Thirteen Colonies is a photographic project and journey through the repositories of African American material culture found in libraries, museums, and archives of the original thirteen English colonies and Washington, DC. Conceived by photographer Wendel A. White, this project is a personal reliquary of the remarkable evidence of Black agency and racial oppression stored in public collections. Accompanying his imagery, White discusses his approach to finding, selecting, and photographing artifacts--from rare singular objects to more quotidian materials--and highlights their significance as forensic evidence of Black life and history in the United States" -- Amazon website.

Contents

Introduction / Ilisa Barbash -- Statement on manifest / Wendel A. White -- Conversation / Deborah Willis, Wendel A. White -- Fact/artifact / Cheryl Finley -- Letting air and light on the wound / Leigh Raiford -- Conversation / Brenda Dione Tindal, Wendel A. White -- Further reading -- Acknowledgments.