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Featuring a wide spectrum of African American artists, subjects and themes.
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...the sun-dappled paintings of Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and their fellow Impressionists weren't always so fondly regarded.
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Dr. Stanley Burns has been collecting rare and obscure photographs for almost 30 years. Rather than documenting more well-known and famous moments in history, Burns has focused on the untold stories in our history - building an archive of photographs that tell intimate stories about how Americans lived their lives in the last two centuries.
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 One of the histories that Burns has worked to document is the African American experience, documenting the African American community in America. The collection contains images spanning the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, both world wars, the civil rights movement from abolitionism to the 1960's, and include many portraits that offer a glimpse into personal lives.
 Many of us think of history in terms of dusty texts, historical films and long classroom lectures. History, we imagine, is "written by the victors", and reflects the tastes, values and biases of those writing it. The camera is less susceptible to these biases, though of course the photographer is not. Even so, photographers have been present as far back as the 1840's, and have captured moments, neglected by many history books, as they happened — without the taint of interpretation or analysis.
 This is equally true for the photographic documenting of African American history. Photographers, many amateur, were recording moments both obscure and pivotal, capturing images of family life, political events, and daily commerce for posterity. In portraits, we see people presented as they themselves wanted to be seen, in their finest and at their best.
 The Burns Archive offers an extensive collection of rare photographs capturing African American history, photographs mostly taken during the dawn of photography, between 1840 and 1890. The images speak for themselves, giving us a glimpse into moments often overlooked by written history.
 Dr. Burns began collecting early photographs and daguerreotypes in 1975. Since that date, he has compiled one of America's most comprehensive and compelling archives of early photography. In addition to an extensive collection of historical photographs documenting African American history, the archive includes images of war, political movements, medical history, sports, and more.
Links:
· Article: Unique Visions in African American Painitng
· Index: African American
· Search: Burns Archive - African American
· Search: Burns Archive - the whole thing
· Search: African American - historical
· Search: African American - leaders
· Search: African American - military
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