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

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

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

Marian Anderson and Grace Kelly, 1963. (John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, PA.)

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