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This publication is copyrighted. No reproduction of any part may take place without written permission. This co-authored book is a critical reflection on African American photography and cultural production through the lens of current global mobility studies. Migrations (particularly in the Americas), embody the complexity of cultural experience. Cultural symbols are not just appropriated but migrate as well. The migration brings new and different meanings that we see in dialog with the original cultural meanings. Media curation has to power to bring all of this into focus. Media curation has greatly expanded the possibilities for the heuristic exploration of the meaning of everyday events. This process known by names like photo-elicitation, auto-driving and visual sociology have been used since the invention of the photographic process. Sources for modern media curation can be expanded to film, video-clips, podcast, blogs and other content rich sources. Here we will focus on photographic images tracing African American cultural presence around the globe.