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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture > Exhibitions Colored Town/Overtown 1947: Max Waldman Images of a Southern Black CommunityFrom January 25, 1997 through March 29, 1997
An exhibition of 50 black-and-white photographs by Max Waldman documenting the historic Colored Town/Overtown community in Dade County, Florida, in 1947. Historically the largest and most vibrant black community in Southern Florida, Colored Town was the cradle of business and culture for African Americans from 1896 to the 1960s. Like many photojournalists of the Depression and post-Depression eras, Waldman made images that both depicted the harsh social realities of the times and affirmed the humanity and dignity of his subjects. |
