Dick Gordon spoke with Craig James on March 14, 2008. Craig wrote that while some images in his collection of 19th century photographs portray African Americans in subservient roles, others show them with their heads held high, "no longer bent under the immediate weight of the slave master's whip." Craig recently found out that a photo of his own ancestor, his great-great-great grandmother Nursey James, has been preserved at the plantation where Nursey was a slave. The photograph of Nursey, along with images from Craig's collection, appear below.