The Civil Rights Movement: A Photographic History, 1954-68
by Steven Kasher
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With a far-ranging selection of striking images and a lively, cogent text, Steven Kasher captures the danger, drama, and bravery of the civil rights movement. After an introduction explaining the vital importance of photography to the movement, the book proceeds from the Montgomery bus boycott through the student, local, and national movements; the big marches in Washington and Selma; Freedom Summer; Malcolm X and Black Power; and the death of Martin Luther King. Each. Chapter begins with a show more fast-paced narrative of a crucial event in the movement, complemented by a portfolio of the most effective and evocative photographs of the subject. Ranging from the well known to the rare, these images were shot by photographers including Richard Avedon, Danny Lyon, Charles Moore, Gordon Parks, Dan Weiner, and over fifty others. Many of the pictures are accompanied by thought-provoking remembrances and analysis by various photographers and. Participants. A concise chronology of the major civil rights events of the period and useful suggestions for additional reading conclude this invaluable, inspiring volume. show lessTags
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- African-American Civil Rights Movement
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- Nonfiction, Politics and Government, History, General Nonfiction, Art & Design
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- 323.1 — Society, government, & culture Political science Civil Rights & Liberties/ Human Rights Minority Politics
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- E185.61 .K347 — History of the United States United States Elements in the population Afro-Americans Status and development since emancipation
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