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“A captivating visual narrative blending the use of photography and memory.”

Deborah Willis, author of The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship

“Engaging with this history in this way moves us all one step closer to building a society where equal justice for all is fully realized.”

Bryan Stevenson, Founder, Equal Justice Initiative,
MacArthur Fellow, and clinical professor at the New York University School of Law

Content Advisory: Pruitt photographed a broad range of community life — spanning a kaleidoscope of beautifully rendered studio portraiture and the graces of everyday life to racial segregation and horrific racial violence. Select imagery within Pruitt’s work and The Pruitt Project depicts that brutality along with visual content in official documents and media accounts. Including that provides a fuller context as a way to help in understanding the American South of Pruitt’s lifetime of 1891-1967.