The eighth volume in the Double Exposure series, Movements, Motions,
Moments draws upon the visual images in NMAAHC's collection to explore
the dynamic ways religion is engaged and practiced by African
Americans.
Movements, Motions, Moments shows how African Americans have
negotiated their participation and engagement in religious spaces. The
book is divided into three sections--Movements, Motions, and Moments.
Images of figures including Rev. Henry Highland Garnett, Noble Drew Ali,
Father Divine, Prophet Elijah Muhammad, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,
Rev. Pauli Murray, Bishop Myokei Cain-Barrett, and others are depicted
next to photographs of religious celebrations, ritual practices, and
individual moments of faith and spirituality. Photographers include Lola
Flash, Chester Higgins, Jason Miccolo Johnson, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe,
Kenneth Royster, James Van Der Zee, Milton Williams, Lloyd W. Yearwood,
and others.
Photographs in this volume range from the nineteenth, twentieth, and
twenty-first centuries and include religious traditions such as
Christianity, Islam, Judaism, African indigenous, non-secular, and other
religious traditions (Humanism, Atheism, Spiritualism, and others). It
also includes photography capturing contemporary events and movements
including Black Lives Matter and the global pandemic.