Behind The Lens
TRUE or FALSE: Photos can show bias depending on who is behind the camera.
True
This Civil Rights leader is often photographed giving the āI Have a Dreamā speech.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
When images of injustice are shared publicly, they often increase this by helping more people become informed about the issue.
What is awareness?
acceptable answers:attention, understanding, public knowledge.
Photos of birthdays, cookouts, and family reunions help preserve this for future generations.
What is Culture?
This actor is famous for playing Creed and Killmonger in Black Panther.
Who is Micheal B Jordan?
When Black people take photos of their own communities, this improves.
What is representation?
a baseball player in a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform represents the breaking of Major League Baseballās color barrier.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
During the Civil Rights Movement, photographs helped people who lived far away understand racism because they provided this.
What is proof or evidence?
Places like barbershops and hair salons are often photographed because they represent this important part of many Black communities.
What is community?
This comedian and actor starred in Jumanji, Ride Along, and is known for his high energy and short stature.
Who is Kevin Hart?
This photographer captured hip-hop culture and everyday street life in New York City.
Who is Jamal Shabazz?
Why did Emmet Tills mother allow an open casket funeral to be photographed?
To show the brutality of racism.
Photos of this event helped bring attention to police violence in the U.S.
What is the Black Lives Matter Protests?
Showing joyful moments in Black life challenges the common media focus on this.
What is trauma or struggle?
This filmmaker directed the movie Get Out blending horror with social commentary.
Who is Jordan pele?
This 1960s photograph of raised fists at the Olympics became a symbol of Black resistance.
What is the Black Power Salute?
Images from modern protests spread mainly through this technology.
What is Social Media?
Some protest photos make people uncomfortable on purpose because discomfort can lead to this.
Answer: What is change?
acceptable answers: action, reform, awareness, accountability.
Photos of fashion, hairstyles, and personal style often communicate a personās sense of this.
What is identity?
Photographs of this event helped shift the publicās opinion about racism in America.
What is The March on Washington?
This gymnast made headlines worldwide after a photo captured her choosing mental health over competition at the Olympics.
Who is Simone Biles?
When powerful images force leaders or institutions to respond publicly, this is being demanded.
What is accountability?
When everyday moments are not photographed, history can become this. Itās told from only one perspective.
What is One sided or incomplete?
This musician wrote and performed āLift Every Voice and Sing,ā often called the Black National Anthem.
Who is James Weldon Johnson?