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The Resource Freedom now! : forgotten photographs of the civil rights struggle, Martin A. Berger

Freedom now! : forgotten photographs of the civil rights struggle, Martin A. Berger

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Summary
  • "The best-known images of the civil rights struggle show black Americans as nonthreatening victims of white aggression. Though this imagery helped garner the sympathy of liberal whites in the North for the plight of blacks, it did so by preserving a picture of whites as powerful and blacks as hapless victims. Freedom Now! showcases photographs rarely seen in the mainstream media, which depict the power wielded by black men, women and children in remaking U.S. society through their activism."--Art, Design & Architecture Museum website
  • "Freedom Now! reveals that we have inherited a photographic canon--and a picture of history--shaped by whites' comfort with unthreatening images of victimized blacks. And it illustrates how and why particular people, events, and issues have been edited out of the photographic story we tell about our past. By considering the different values promoted in the forgotten photographs, readers will gain an understanding of African Americans' role in rewriting U.S. history and the high stakes involved in selecting images with which to narrate our collective past."--Page 4 of cover
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
160 pages
Contents
  • Director's foreword
  • Introduction: The case for a new canon
  • The photographs
  • Selected photographer biographies
Isbn
9780520280199
Instance
Label
Freedom now! : forgotten photographs of the civil rights struggle
Title
Freedom now!
Title remainder
forgotten photographs of the civil rights struggle
Statement of responsibility
Martin A. Berger
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • "The best-known images of the civil rights struggle show black Americans as nonthreatening victims of white aggression. Though this imagery helped garner the sympathy of liberal whites in the North for the plight of blacks, it did so by preserving a picture of whites as powerful and blacks as hapless victims. Freedom Now! showcases photographs rarely seen in the mainstream media, which depict the power wielded by black men, women and children in remaking U.S. society through their activism."--Art, Design & Architecture Museum website
  • "Freedom Now! reveals that we have inherited a photographic canon--and a picture of history--shaped by whites' comfort with unthreatening images of victimized blacks. And it illustrates how and why particular people, events, and issues have been edited out of the photographic story we tell about our past. By considering the different values promoted in the forgotten photographs, readers will gain an understanding of African Americans' role in rewriting U.S. history and the high stakes involved in selecting images with which to narrate our collective past."--Page 4 of cover
Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Berger, Martin A
Dewey number
323.1196073
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
E185.615
LC item number
.B46 2013
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • African Americans
  • Civil rights movements
  • United States
  • Southern States
  • Photographers
  • Political activists
Label
Freedom now! : forgotten photographs of the civil rights struggle, Martin A. Berger
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-159) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Director's foreword -- Introduction: The case for a new canon -- The photographs -- Selected photographer biographies
Control code
ocn884630834
Dimensions
28 cm
Extent
160 pages
Isbn
9780520280199
Lccn
2013943243
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)884630834
Label
Freedom now! : forgotten photographs of the civil rights struggle, Martin A. Berger
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-159) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Director's foreword -- Introduction: The case for a new canon -- The photographs -- Selected photographer biographies
Control code
ocn884630834
Dimensions
28 cm
Extent
160 pages
Isbn
9780520280199
Lccn
2013943243
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)884630834

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