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

• Pubblicazione: Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (252 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.800973
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: United States Race relations History 20th century Pictorial works; Southern States Race relations History 20th century Pictorial works
• Altri autori: KelenLeslie G. <1949-> BondJulian <1940-2015.> CarsonClayborne <1944-> HerronMatt <1931-2020.> CobbCharles E., Jr.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: This light of ours
• ISBN: 1-282-11189-2; 9786613804082; 1-61703-172-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818153403321
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