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next on american history tv, darcy eveleigh and co-author rachel swarns share the book and talk about the images. the smithsonian associates hosted this event. it's an hour and 15 minutes. >> i'm lauren rosenberg with smithsonian associates. to our members, i'm so glad that you're here. it's your support that makes events like tonight's possible. and to the many of you joining us for the first time, equally warm welcome and an invitation to explore the wide range of programs we offer here at smithsonian associates. before we begin, now is the perfect time to turn off your cell phone or anything else that might make noise during the program. thank you for doing that. in february of 2016, a team of "new york times" staffers discovered dozens of unpublished photographs in the newspaper's archive. some of these were published in a hugely popular multimedia series, "unpublished black history." the month-long series explored the history behind the photos garnering 1.7 million views and thousands of comments from readers. we're thrilled to welcome tonight two of the authors involved with cre

next on american history tv, darcy eveleigh and co-author rachel swarns share the book and talk about the images. the smithsonian associates hosted this event. it's an hour and 15

darcy eveleigh is a contributing photo editor at the "new york editor of creator and gue."timely mor rachel swarns is a journalist and author who writes about race and race relations and is a contributing author for "the new york times. she is the author of "american tapestry," which was published in 2012. moderating the conversation is rea combes, the curator of film and photography at the smithsonian museum of african american culture. she also serves at the head of the center for african american media arts. please join me in welcoming darcy, rachel, and rea. [applause] >> i would like to echo lauren's wonderful comments and say thank you so much for joining us tonight. i think we are in for a delightful conversation. i am so thrilled to be here with these two dynamic women. i wanted to start off by asking you to give us the context, situate how you were able to uncover and find so many photographs that have not been published before. >> well, our co-author, dana kennedy, another writer of the book, had come to me -- can you hear? ok. is that better? >> more. >> ok. how

. >>> in 2015 "new york times" photo editor darcy eveleigh discovered dozens of african-americans in the newspapers archives. the images included many well-known civil rights leaders as well as ordinary citizens. eventually led to the book "unseen." next on american history tv darcy eveleigh and co-author rachel swarns show photographs from the book and talk about the stories behind the images. the smithsonian associates hosted this event. it's an hour and 15 minutes. >>> i'm lauren rosenberg with smithsonian associates, and it's my pleasure to welcome you to tonight's program. to our members i'm so glad you're here. it's your support that makes events like tonight's possible. to the many of you joining us for the first time, an equally warm welcome and an invitation to explore the wide range of programs we offer here at smithsonian associates. before we begin, now is the perfect time to turn off your cell phone or anything else that might make noise during the program. thank you for doing that. in february of 2016 a team of "new york times" staffers

welcomingn me in darcy eveleigh and rachel swarns. [applause] >> i would like to echo lawrence wonderful comments. i think we are in for a delightful conversation. i am so thrilled to be here with both of these two dynamic women. i would like to start off by asking you to give us the context and situate how you were findto uncover and somebody photographs that have not been published before. kennedy,-author, dana had come to me -- can you hear? is that better? ok. how are we doing? ok. everyone can hear me now? sorry. if there was something we could do from the new york times photo archives that would be of interest to young african-american readers. immediately, i thought of an idea. a couple years prior to that the former new york times picture editor came to visit the time, and i had the opportunity to sit with him for an hour. i asked him, is there anything in the archives i should be going back to look for? john became a little agitated and said go back and re-edit everything. he said, they did not let us run the right pictures.

next, darcy eveleigh and co-author rachel swarns show photographs from the book and a talk about the stories behind the images. smithsonian associates hosted this event. it is an hour and 15 minutes. lauren: i am lauren rosenberg with smithsonian associates. it is my pleasure to welcome you to this program. to the members, thank you for your support.