The Civil Rights Movement A Photographic History, 1954?68

by Kasher, Steven; Evers Williams, Myrlie

• ISBN13: 9780789206565
• ISBN10: 0789206560
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-09-01
• Publisher: Abbeville Press

Summary

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 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.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 6
Introduction: "Imprisoned in a Luminous Glare"	p. 8
The Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955: "My Soul Is Rested"	p. 30
Little Rock Central High, 1957, and the University of Mississippi, 1962: "Don't Let Them See You Cry"	p. 50
Sit-Ins and Freedom Rides, 1960-62: "This Was the Answer"	p. 66
The Birmingham Movement, 1963: "I Don't Mind Being Bitten by a Dog"	p. 88
The March on Washington, 1963: "We Stood on a Height"	p. 114
SNCC and Mississippi, 1960-64: "A Tremor in the Middle of the Iceberg"	p. 132
Selma, 1965: "We Must Go to Montgomery and See the King"	p. 162
Black Power and the March Against Fear, 1966: "The Oppressed Against the Oppressor"	p. 192
The Eclipsing of Nonviolence, 1965-68: "It Is Not Over"	p. 216
Notes and Sources	p. 238
Chronology of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-68	p. 243
Acknowledgments	p. 246
Selected Bibliography	p. 247
Index	p. 250
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