Black History Month

Carol M. Highsmith

57th march on washington at the lincoln memorial and the reflecting pool

Carol Highsmith has donated her life's photography work of tens of thousands of images to the Library of Congress during her decades-long career.  The photography collection at the Library is the most historic photographic collection on earth and includes the work of Dorothea Lange and Frances Benjamin Johnston.  Highsmith has been doing a visual study of America for 40 years and travels the United States for about 10 months a year.

BLM Washington DC

Large group of BLM protestors in Reflecting Pool, Washington, D.C.

Two “Miss Black International Ambassadors” at BLM event, Washington, D.C.

Large group of people at a BLM protest with the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.

Woman sitting with raised fist at Black Lives Matter event, Washington, DC

Woman holding Black Power fish with raised fist, Washington, D.C.

Two women in masks and Black Lives Matter t-shirts, Washington, D.C.

A mature couple wearing at a Black Lives Matter masks, Washington, D.C.

Nun holding photograph at BLM demonstration, Washington, D.C.

Large group of people at BLM protest at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.