Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Introduction Photography on the Color Line 1
6. Chapter one Envisioning Race 25
7. Chapter two The Art of Scientific Propaganda 43
8. Chapter three ‘‘Families of Undoubted Respectability’’ 77
9. Chapter four Spectacles of Whiteness: The Photography of Lynching 113
10. Epilogue The Archivist in the Archive 147
11. Notes 161
12. Bibliography 203
13. Index 217