Photographs were on the periphery of African-American's lives as a sort of visual undergrowth that is sometimes underestimated. Photography not only had an influence on how people saw the world, but on what they believed. They're the pictures that African-Americans saw on the front page of their newspapers that forced African-Americans to form opinions and take action. Throughout history, photography has proved itself to be an effective medium for improving America both morally and socially, thus showing that photography is a form of communication that is equally as strong as any other form of communication.