PTC Protest, November 8, 1943, 1943. (John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, PA.)

A Million Faces: The Photography of John W. Mosley

09/24/2016
01/16/2017

About the Exhibition

Image: PTC Protest, November 8, 1943, 1943. (John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, PA.)

An Exhibition in Partnership with Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries

All inquiries about the usage of John Mosley photographs should be directed to the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection at Temple University. Woodmere Art Museum cannot grant usage rights, answer research requests, or respond to rights and reproduction requests. All inquiries should be directed to the Charles. L. Blockson Afro-American Collection. Please click the link above.

John W. Mosley (1907–1969) was one of the premier photojournalists of 20th-century Philadelphia. He chronicled the vitality of the black community and life in the segregated city from the 1930s through the height of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. A catalogue of A Million Faces is available for purchase in our museum store.

For their generous support of this exhibition and catalogue, Woodmere extends sincere thanks and appreciation to the Lomax Family Foundation, William M. King Charitable Foundation, Ethel Benson Wister, and Mary G. David.

Exhibition Programming
09.24.16 | Open House: A Million Faces: The Photography of John W. Mosley
09.24.16 | Members' Tour
09.30.16 | Chicken Bone Beach . . . The Black Music Experience in Atlantic City!
10.15.16 | Lecture: Black Philadelphia and the Spirit of Unity: Art and Culture
11.03.16 | Art Dive: Ron Tarver
11.04.16 | Lionel Hampton—Breaking Barriers
11.14.16 | Lecture: A Literary Lens on the Photography of John W. Mosley
11.18.16 | It Don’t Mean a Thing Unless Duke and Ella Swing
12.16.16 | Holiday Sings the Holidays
01.07.17 | Charles L. Blockson on the Photography of John W. Mosley
01.14.17 | Classical Saturdays: A Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr
01.16.17 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Festival

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