African-American Soldier Exhibit at Stockton
"Jamestown Island, Virginia," 1996 Silver gelatin print by William E. Williams
An exhibit entitled “Unsung Heroes: African American Soldiers in the Civil War,” featuring
the photography of William Earle Williams, will be on display at Richard Stockton College in Pomona through Feb. 19.
The exhibit is described as a “comprehensive pictorial record of prominent sites where black troops Presented by the Visual Arts Faculty, School of Arts and Humanities, the exhibit will feature a contributed to the final Union victory with distinction and valor.”
According to Williams, the Audrey A. and John L. Dusseau Professor in the Humanities and Curator of Photography at Haverford College in Pennsylvania, “These sites dispel the myth that blacks were given their citizenship and rights after the Civil War without having fought for and earned them.”
The free exhibit will be in the Stockton Art Gallery (room H113). On Wednesday, Feb. 3, at 2:30pm, (in AS102), Williams will be giving a slide lecture entitled “The African American Civil War Experience: Photographs Celebrating Unsung Heroes and Places.” Following the lecture, from 4-5pm, Williams will be available in the art gallery for conversation (and refreshments).
There will also be a catalog available (limited quantities) for $10.
The gallery hours are: (Monday-Friday) 11:30am-4pm with late night hours on Tuesdays until 8pm; (Saturday) noon-4pm or by appointment by emailing denise.mcgarvey@stockton.edu.
