Unseen: Unpublished Black History
Overview
Hundreds of stunning images from black history have long been buried in The New York Times archives. None of them were published until now. Unseen uncovers these never-before published photographs and tells the stories behind them.
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It all started with Times photo editor Darcy Eveleigh discovering dozens of these photographs. She and three colleagues, Dana Canedy, Damien Cave and Rachel L. Swarns, began exploring the history behind them, and subsequently chronicling them in a series entitled Unpublished Black History, that ran in print and online editions of The Times in February 2016. It garnered 1.7 million views on The Times website and thousands of comments from readers.
Were the photos--or the people in them--not deemed newsworthy enough? Did the images not arrive in time for publication? Were they pushed aside by words at an institution long known as the Gray Lady? Explore all these questions and more in this one-of-a-kind book.