Tuskegee, Miss. State partner to present lecture, exhibition celebrating acclaimed African-American photographer P.H. Polk

February 15, 2019

Contact: Sasha Steinberg

STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擬ississippi State University Libraries, in partnership with 抖阴短视频 and the MSU-based Southern Literary Trail, is presenting a lecture and exhibition celebrating the work of acclaimed African-American photographer P.H. Polk.

In Mitchell Memorial Library鈥檚 John Grisham Room, 抖阴短视频 Archivist Dana Chandler will present a 4 p.m. program Feb. 26 on Polk鈥檚 photographs, which depict early 20th-century African-Americans from all walks of life, including Martin Luther King Jr., George Washington Carver, and farm workers in rural Alabama. Housed in Tuskegee鈥檚 archives, the images have been exhibited at leading museums and galleries throughout the country.

Along with being a trained archivist and historian, Chandler is a Tuskegee assistant professor. He has served in a variety of capacities within the private and public sectors as a surveyor, civil engineer and project manager, helping to design and build projects through the South and nation. He also has worked with corporations seeking to start up recycling facilities in the U.S. and Latin America.

On display March 4-29, 鈥淯nframed Images鈥� is an MSU exhibition featuring 14 images that have been digitally enlarged and reproduced from Polk鈥檚 original works. Free and open to the public, the exhibition can be viewed from 7 a.m.-11:45 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 7 a.m.-7:45 p.m. on Friday at Old Main Academic Center鈥檚 Louis Burns Brock, Jay Brock and Hank Brock Gallery. It also will be on display in the Grisham Room during Chandler鈥檚 presentation.

Sarah McCullough, MSU Libraries coordinator of cultural heritage projects, said the university is grateful for the chance to collaborate with Tuskegee on these two events, part of February鈥檚 Black History Month celebration.

鈥淧olk portrays his subjects with an extraordinary beauty,鈥� McCullough said. 鈥淢ore than 3,800 images from his huge collection were donated to Tuskegee and have just recently been available for exhibit, so many of his images have never been seen by the public.鈥�

Chandler echoed McCullough鈥檚 sentiments, adding 鈥淧.H. Polk is the preeminent African-American photographer, and we are so thrilled to be working with Mississippi State University and the Southern Literary Trail in this endeavor.鈥�

Based at MSU Libraries, the Southern Literary Trail project pays tribute to writers of classic literature in Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. For more, follow on Facebook @southernliterarytrail.

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