Artist: Jessica Ingram

Project: Road Through Midnight: A Civil Rights Memorial

Description: In Road Through Midnight: A Civil Rights Memorial, Jessica Ingram explores forgotten sites of the civil rights era. The quiet beauty and grace of the large-scale landscapes contrast their historical truths as “largely un-memorialized sites of atrocities” and loss, which Ingram documents through descriptions of the events, their related court cases, and recorded audio recollections. The project is a culmination of seven years of research and considers “American racial history and ideas of collective memory, of what has been left untold, and why.”

• Swamp, Midnight, Mississippi, 2007 Swamp, Midnight, Mississippi, 2007
• Road through Midnight, Mississippi, 2007 Road through Midnight, Mississippi, 2007
• Welcome to Midnight, Mississippi, 2007 Welcome to Midnight, Mississippi, 2007
• Woman crossing a field, near Midnight, Mississippi, 2006 Woman crossing a field, near Midnight, Mississippi, 2006
• Bank of the Sunflower River, near Midnight, Mississippi, 2007 Bank of the Sunflower River, near Midnight, Mississippi, 2007
• Law office, Pulaski, Tennessee, 2006 Law office, Pulaski, Tennessee, 2006
• Tyler-Goodwin Bridge, Montgomery County, Alabama, 2008 Tyler-Goodwin Bridge, Montgomery County, Alabama, 2008
• Alabama River, Montgomery County, Alabama, 2006 Alabama River, Montgomery County, Alabama, 2006
• River Road, Montgomery County, Alabama, 2010 River Road, Montgomery County, Alabama, 2010
• Top of Stone Mountain, Stone Mountain, Georgia, 2006 Top of Stone Mountain, Stone Mountain, Georgia, 2006
• Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial Carving, Stone Mountain, Georgia, 2006 Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial Carving, Stone Mountain, Georgia, 2006
• Armstrong Tire and Rubber Company, Natchez, Mississippi, 2007 Armstrong Tire and Rubber Company, Natchez, Mississippi, 2007
• Koinonia Farms, Americus, Georgia, 2007 Koinonia Farms, Americus, Georgia, 2007
• Medgar Evers’ backyard, Jackson, Mississippi, 2007 Medgar Evers’ backyard, Jackson, Mississippi, 2007
• Poorhouse Road, Woodville, Mississippi, 2007 Poorhouse Road, Woodville, Mississippi, 2007
• Site of Isaiah Henry’s home, Greensburg, Louisiana, 2012 Site of Isaiah Henry’s home, Greensburg, Louisiana, 2012
• Westbrook Cotton Gin, Liberty, Mississippi, 2009 Westbrook Cotton Gin, Liberty, Mississippi, 2009
• Site of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner’s murders, Philadelphia, Mississippi, 2009 Site of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner’s murders, Philadelphia, Mississippi, 2009
• Bank of the Tallahatchie River, Money, Mississippi, 2009 Bank of the Tallahatchie River, Money, Mississippi, 2009
• Site of Mattie Green’s murder, Ringgold, Georgia, 2008 Site of Mattie Green’s murder, Ringgold, Georgia, 2008
• West Side Drive-In, Meadville, Mississippi, 2006 West Side Drive-In, Meadville, Mississippi, 2006
• Alabama River, near the Tyler-Goodwin Bridge, Montgomery County, Alabama, 2011 Alabama River, near the Tyler-Goodwin Bridge, Montgomery County, Alabama, 2011
• Site of Vernon Dahmer’s murder, Kelly Settlement, near Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 2009 Site of Vernon Dahmer’s murder, Kelly Settlement, near Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 2009
• Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, 2010 Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, 2010
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This week’s edition of Eyes on the South was guest curated by Alexa Dilworth, publishing and awards director for the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. Eyes on the South is founded by Jeff Rich. The weekly series features selections of current work from Southern artists, or artists whose photography concerns the South. To submit your work to the series, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..