On Juneteenth, an article by Professor Kimberly Juanita Brown, "The Absence of Black Soldiers in Civil War Photos Speaks Volumes," was published on The MIT Press Reader. You can read the article here.
Professor Kimberly Juanita Brown Writes about the Absence of Black Soldiers in Civil War Photos
"The photographic archive of the war is one of astounding substance and meaning but also astounding absence."
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John Reekie, "A Burial Party," Cold Harbor, Virginia, 1865. Source: Wikimedia Commons