BGHRA Videos
Photo: Ralph Mecke / Filmmakers. Existing BGHRA conference portrait.
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Conference Programs & Reports
Photo: Rutgers University; existing BGHRA conference venue image.
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Geborener Deutscher
Geborener Deutscher, Issue 1. Existing BGHRA archive scan; archived and distributed with permission.
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Films
Sheri Hagen — image reused from BGHRA’s existing 2026 conference materials.
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BGHRA Conference Films & Trailers
BGHRA conference artwork / Equality Film
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Black German Filmmakers
BGHRA conference artwork / Equality Film
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Black European Filmmakers
Film artwork from the linked official film, producer or festival source
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African Filmmakers & Diasporic Connections
Denise Ekale Kum · video thumbnail
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Adoption Across Communities
Film artwork from the linked official film, producer or festival source
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Visual Artists
Maseho — portrait reused from BGHRA’s existing 2022 conference materials.
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Actors
Josephine Baker, 1951. Photograph: Carl Van Vechten; Library of Congress.
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Dancers & Choreographers
Elisabeth Clarke-Hasters — existing BGHRA team portrait.
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Musicians & Composers
Joy Denalane, 2023. Photograph: Bennie Julian Gay; management release via Wikimedia Commons.
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Singers
Joy Denalane, 2023. Photograph: Bennie Julian Gay; management release via Wikimedia Commons.
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Black People in Germany: Arts & Performance
Maseho — portrait reused from BGHRA’s existing 2022 conference materials.
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Books & Readings
Photo: Rutgers University Libraries; existing BGHRA library image.
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Community Archives & Resources
Existing BGHRA community header photograph; underlying rights retained.
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Black Austria: Community, Memory & Postwar Adoptees
Cover / collection artwork: SchwarzÖsterreich: Die Kinder afro-amerikanischer Besatzungssoldaten. Rights remain with the original creators and publishers.
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Black Germany: Writing, Knowledge & Organizing
Cover / collection artwork: Rassismusforschung: Handbuch für Wissenschaft, Studium und Praxis. Rights remain with the original creators and publishers.
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Black Switzerland
Identifying artwork: Black Switzerland Online Archive / Schwarze Schweiz. Rights remain with the originating archive.
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Black Nordic Communities & Denmark Adoption Histories
Cover / collection artwork: Decolonial Sweden. Rights remain with the original creators and publishers.
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Black France, Belgium & the Netherlands
Cover / collection artwork: Postcolonial Paris: Fictions of Intimacy in the City of Light. Rights remain with the original creators and publishers.
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Black Britain & Ireland
Identifying artwork: Black Cultural Archives, Britain. Rights remain with Black Cultural Archives.
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Black Southern Europe
Cover / collection artwork: Bianco e nero: Storia dell’identità razziale degli italiani. Rights remain with the original creators and publishers.
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Black Central & Eastern Europe
Identifying artwork: Afryka.org / Fundacja Afryka Inaczej, Poland. Rights remain with the originating organization.
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Adoptees Across Communities & Borders
Cover / collection artwork: Adoption Across Race and Nation: Histories That Cross Borders. Rights remain with the original creators and publishers.
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African & Diasporic Connections
Cover / collection artwork: Von Luanda und Maputo nach Ost-Berlin: Erinnerungen afrikanischer Werktätiger an die DDR. Rights remain with the original creators and publishers.
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Black Europe Across Borders
Cover / collection artwork: Crystal A. Smith’s A Purpose for Every Thorn: Faith and Reflection. Rights remain with the original creators and publishers.
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AfricAvenir: Prince Kum’a Ndumbe III & Other Authors
Cover / collection artwork: 50 Ans déjà ! Quand cessera enfin votre indépendance-là ???. Rights remain with the original creators and publishers.
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BGHRA Scholarship & Collaborative Publications
Cover / collection artwork: Adoption Across Race and Nation: Histories That Cross Borders. Rights remain with the original creators and publishers.
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Black German Politicians & Political Figures
Martin Dibobe at the Berlin elevated railway, early twentieth century. Unknown photographer, BVG archive; public domain.
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Afro Germans in America
Boris Kodjoe, photographed by Greg Hernandez, 30 July 2010. CC BY 2.0; image displayed proportionally without cropping.
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Black Scholars of German in the United States
Georgiana Simpson in academic dress, 1921. Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University Archives, via Wikimedia Commons; public domain in the United States.
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Arts & Performance
Elisabeth Clarke-Hasters — existing BGHRA team portrait.
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History & Memory
Johann Gottfried Haid, after Johann Nepomuk Steiner. Wien Museum, inventory 23766; photograph: Stiegler/Massard.
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Early Black Lives & Knowledge
Johann Gottfried Haid, after Johann Nepomuk Steiner. Wien Museum, inventory 23766; photograph: Stiegler/Massard.
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Black Self-Organization before 1985
Johann Gottfried Haid, after Johann Nepomuk Steiner. Wien Museum, inventory 23766; photograph: Stiegler/Massard.
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Family, Memory & Dignity
Johann Gottfried Haid, after Johann Nepomuk Steiner. Wien Museum, inventory 23766; photograph: Stiegler/Massard.
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Related Black Austrian Histories
Johann Gottfried Haid, after Johann Nepomuk Steiner. Wien Museum, inventory 23766; photograph: Stiegler/Massard.
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Places & Public Memory
Johann Gottfried Haid, after Johann Nepomuk Steiner. Wien Museum, inventory 23766; photograph: Stiegler/Massard.
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Performance & Resistance
Johann Gottfried Haid, after Johann Nepomuk Steiner. Wien Museum, inventory 23766; photograph: Stiegler/Massard.
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People portraits added November 2, 2026
Images are displayed proportionally. Source and credit links are provided with each portrait; rights remain as stated in the linked sources. Historic painted portraits and group photographs are identified in their captions.
Adrian Piper · CC BY-SA 3.0Adrian Margaret S. Piper
NdaniTV · CC BY 3.0Adé Bantu
Georges Seguin (Okki) · CC BY-SA 3.0Alain P. Nganang
R.A.T.1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Aminata Touré
Francisco Peralta Torrejón · CC BY-SA 4.0Ana Milva Gomes
Cuney-Hare, Maud, 1874-1936 · Public domainAnne Wiggins Brown
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung · CC BY-SA 2.0Armand Zorn
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung from Berlin, Deutschland · CC BY-SA 2.0Awet Tesfaiesus
Jonas Schneider · CC BY-SA 4.0Aïssa Maïga
Greg Hernandez · CC BY 2.0Boris Kodjoe
B by B LLC · CC BY-SA 3.0Buika
University of TennesseeCarolyn Hodges
Existing BGHRA conference portraitCerue K. Diggs
Tobias Kleinlercher / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0Cesár Sampson
Elena Ternovaja · CC BY-SA 3.0Charles M. Huber
SCV Learning SupportColleen H. McCallum-Bonar
BGHRA conference portraitConstance Jones Simmons
Heike Steinweg / M.BassyDaniele G. Daude
Tyler Boye · CC BY-SA 4.0David Oyelowo
Sandro Halank, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0Dennis Schröder
Sandro Halank, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0Doreen Denstädt
Kkhemet · CC BY-SA 3.0Edward W. Crosby
Leonie Rabea Große · CC BY 3.0Elombo Bolayela
Unknown author · CC BY-SA 4.0Fasia Jansen
World Literature Today · CC BY-SA 2.0Gabriella Ghermandi
Henry Edridge, 1790 · Photograph: Stephencdickson · CC BY-SA 4.0George Bridgetower
Howard University Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University Archives · Public domainGeorgiana R. Simpson
Leo Koako · CC BY-SA 4.0Grada Kilomba
Bryan Berlin · CC BY-SA 4.0Idris Elba
Thomas Gainsborough / National Gallery of Canada · Public domainIgnatius Sancho
Jerimaiai1000 · Public domain / CC0Isaiah Hartenstein
Achim Raschka (talk) · CC BY-SA 3.0Ivy Quainoo
Fotostudio Urbschat / Ballhaus NaunynstraßeJasmin Eding
Anouckvanderham · CC BY-SA 4.0Jeangu Macrooy
Nikolaj Recke · CC BY 3.0Jeannette Ehlers
Martin Kraft · CC BY-SA 4.0Jerry Hoffmann
Existing BGHRA conference portraitJoana Tischkau
Mutter Erde · Copyrighted free use with attributionJocelyn B. Smith
Ulrike Zimmermann · CC BY-SA 4.0Joe Chialo
Jordan Rita Seruya Awori / artist’s official websiteJordan Rita Seruya Awori
Harald Krichel · CC BY-SA 4.0Joshua Kantara
photothek.net · CC BY 4.0Karamba Diaby
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung · CC BY-SA 2.0Katharina Oguntoye
Harald Krichel · CC BY-SA 4.0Lamin Leroy Gibba
Existing BGHRA conference portraitLara-Sophie Milagro
Miriam Tamayo · Oxana Chi and Layla Zami, photographed togetherLayla Zami
BGHRA conference portraitLena Whooo
Mr. Adomako, descendant of Louis Brody · CC BY-SA 4.0Louis Brody
Cascade80 · CC BY 4.0Lubaina Himid
Superbass · CC BY-SA 4.0Malick Bauer
Existing BGHRA 2025 conference portraitMalik Nagorsen
Henryk Kotowski · CC BY-SA 3.0Mamadou Diouf
Moritz Buchner / Ballhaus NaunynstraßeMariama Diagne
Howard UniversityMarie-Line G. Sephocle
Existing BGHRA conference portraitMarion Kraft
Martin Dibobe, third from left, with colleagues · Unknown photographer · Public domainMartin Dibobe
Existing BGHRA 2022 conference portraitMichael McEachrane
Manfred Werner - Tsui · CC BY-SA 3.0Mirel Wagner
frau-kunst-politik e.V.Modupe Laja
G. W. Varney · Public domainMomolu Massaquoi
Existing BGHRA 2025 conference portraitNoah Sow / Swami Dhyānānanda Saraswati
Zafer · CC BY 4.0Nyara Sabally
Harald Krichel · CC BY-SA 3.0Omar Sy
Miriam Tamayo · Oxana Chi and Layla Zami, photographed togetherOxana Chi
Maximilian König / Talent RepublicPaula Essam
Itsintheinbox · CC BY-SA 4.0Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana
Audre Lorde – The Berlin Years production teamRia Cheatom
YantsImages · CC BY-SA 4.0Ruth Negga
Existing BGHRA 2025 conference portraitSalima Faye
Janick Zebrowski · CC BY-SA 2.0Samy Deluxe
Illustrated portrait · Diversity Arts CultureSandrine Micossé-Aikins
Kai Kuusisto · CC BY-SA 4.0Sasha Huber
Danazar · CC BY-SA 4.0Satou Sabally
Granada · CC BY-SA 4.0Senhit
Birgit Fostervold · CC BY-SA 4.0Sofia Jernberg
Existing BGHRA conference portrait · Photo: Jan KapitaenSophie Yukiko
Mount St. Mary’s UniversitySusann Samples
Julia Dittmann · CC BY-SA 4.0Theodor Wonja Michael
JAD Production · CC BY-SA 4.0Yemi A.D.
LEEDS 2023 · CC BY-SA 2.0Yinka Shonibare
Existing BGHRA conference portraitZari Harat
Harald Krichel · CC BY-SA 4.0Zazie Beetz
Additional profile photographs