PBS NewsHour

New York Times unveils lost snapshots of black history

Clip: 02/02/2016 | 5m 42s

The New York Times has begun to unpack never-before-seen photographs that help fill in a portrait of African-American history. Why did these images of historic moments and well-known figures go unpublished for so long? Hari Sreenivasan learns more from Rachel Swarns of The New York Times.

Aired: 02/02/16

Rating: NR

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