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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779368303321

Titolo

This light of ours [[electronic resource] ] : activist photographers of the civil rights movement / / edited by Leslie G. Kelen ; essays by Julian Bond, Clayborne Carson, and Matt Herron ; text by Charles E. Cobb, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2011

ISBN

1-282-11189-2

9786613804082

1-61703-172-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KelenLeslie G. <1949->

BondJulian <1940-2015.>

CarsonClayborne <1944->

HerronMatt <1931-2020.>

CobbCharles E., Jr.

Disciplina

305.800973

Soggetti

African Americans - Civil rights - History - 20th century

Civil rights movements - United States - History - 20th century

Photographers - Political activity - United States - History - 20th century

Political activists - United States - History - 20th century

Photographers - United States

Political activists - United States

United States Race relations History 20th century Pictorial works

Southern States Race relations History 20th century Pictorial works

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-246) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Photographing civil rights / Matt Herron -- Photographs -- pt. 1. Black life -- pt. 2. Organizing for freedom -- pt. 3. State and local terror -- pt. 4. Meredith march against fear and Black power -- How I first saw King and found the movement / Clayborne Carson -- The photographers : interviews and biographies -- Tamio Wakayama -- Herbert Randall -- Maria Varela -- George Ballis -- Bob Fitch -- Matt Herron -- Bob Fletcher -- David Prince -- Bob Adelman.



Sommario/riassunto

This Light of Ours: Activist Photographers of the Civil Rights Movement is a paradigm-shifting publication that presents the Civil Rights Movement through the work of nine activist photographers-men and women who chose to document the national struggle against segregation and other forms of race-based disenfranchisement from within the movement. Unlike images produced by photojournalists, who covered breaking news events, these photographers lived within the movement-primarily within the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) framework-and documented its activities by focusing on the