Week 2: Reflecting on Maurice Berger's Race Stories
We’re continuing our reflection on Black history and Maurice Berger’s Race Stories this week by revisiting “Pictures of Men, Friends or Lovers.” This article looks at historian Trent Kelly’s collection of photographs of Black gay men from the Civil War to the present. Kelly’s collection of over 200 photographs, titled “Hidden in the Open: Photographic Essay of Afro American Male Affections,” considers how Black gay men had to endure both white America’s prejudice for the color of their skin and hate for their sexuality. They were also often rejected from their own Black communities and considered “second-class citizens in gay culture.”
Article: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/10/pictures-of-men-friends-or-lovers/
Posted: June 29, 2020, 11:12 AM