A True Likeness

A True Likeness tells the story of Richard Samuel Roberts, a little-known African American photographer from South Carolina whose posthumous discovery transcended stereotypes and brought to light a significant legacy

General - African American History, Media Arts

A True Likeness tells the story of Richard Samuel Roberts, a little-known African American photographer from South Carolina whose posthumous discovery transcended stereotypes and brought to light a significant legacy. Heralded as one of the south’s most accomplished photographers of the 1920's and 1930's, Roberts was a self-taught artist who was determined to become a master portrait maker, with every image a true likeness of the subject. But for more than 40 years after his death his work remained lost to all but his family and friends.

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A True Likeness: Introduction | Carolina Stories 1
A True Likeness: Introduction | Carolina Stories
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Grades: 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

An old photograph taken sometime between 1912 and 1914 is found, and experts were told to visit a Miss Hattie May Cornwell, in the Arsenal Hill community of Columbia, S.C. She not only identified the...
A True Likeness Learning Activity
A True Likeness Learning Activity

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Grades: 9 10 11 12

Choose one of the photographs featured in the documentary, A True Likeness. Analyze the photograph using the prompts from the learning activity.