The Fatherhood Project

Trayvon Martin and his father, Tracy. (Date and photographer unknown.) #thefatherhoodproject

"I grew up close to the shore, and I have always loved spending time at the beach,” the Los Angeles-based artist Kadir Nelson says of his cover for the July 11 & 18, 2016 issue of The New Yorker. “When I was young it meant time with my dad, and now that I’m a father myself I relish the long summer days spent with my own children.”

Shout-out to all the fathers and mothers who allowed The Fatherhood Project to photograph you and your children. This project exists and continues to grow largely because of you. And much appreciation to those who follow TFP and/or like and/or reblog TFP posts. You’re also part of the reason The Fatherhood Project is progressing.

The photographer of the photos is believed to be Civil Rights era photographer Robert L. Haggins, who was also Malcolm's personal photographer from roughly 1959 to 1965. The date of this photo is unknown to TFP.

NOTHING BUT LOVE: David Love, his son David Love, 7, and daughter Leah Love, 9, walking their Shih Tzu after school. Yes, all of their middle names is Love. “It’s on the birth certificates. It’s all Love,” dad told The Fatherhood Project. And the dogs’ names? Uno Love, left, and Buddy Love.

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a father of four, was assassinated 48 years ago this week (April 4) in Memphis, Tennessee, where he'd traveled to suppport striking black sanitaiton workers. He was 39 years old. In this photo, he helps his son, a smiling Martin Luther King III, with his tie as his wife, Coretta Scott, and daughter, Yolanda, watch; other son, Dexter, looks into camera. It's unclear from this undated photo whether the Kings' youngest child, Bernice, had been born yet. Photographer unknown; if you know please share.

Dahkil, a Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn resident, professional storyteller, filmmaker and voiceover artist who is featured (top row) in "Griots in 'The Stuy': A Neighborhood as a Living Archive" public art exhibition by artist Rasu Jilani, attends the unveiling of part of the project with his daughter Aya Shakti, 3 and a half months old, and son Dahsir, 13. #GriotsinTheStuy #DadsInTheStuy #TheFatherhoodProject

Quan and his four children—Jaylen, 7; Shaquan, 8; Shanice, 9; and Summer, 5, when this photo was taken—waiting for the traffic light to turn green so they could continue their jaunt through their neighborhood.

What to do on a snowy afternoon? Yahnick, his wife (not pictured) and their 5-year-old twins, Leyla (purple coat) and Amoni, get sprinkled doughnuts for themselves and the girls' older brother, 6-year-old Yasir, who was still in school. #Sweet #TheFatherhoodProject

What to do on a #SnowDay? After picking up Amaya, 4, from school, Abraham and his daughter ate together. “She loves McDonald’s and I love making her happy,” he said. #ImLovinIt #TheFatherhoodProject

What to do on a snowy afternoon? After picking up Amaya, 4, from school, Abraham and his daughter eat together. “She loves McDonald’s and I love making her happy,” he said. #TheFatherhoodProject

Kent and his daughter Kennedy, who had recently turned 1 when I took this photo, in the waiting area of the doctor's office. She was about to get a routine checkup.