Road to Freedom : Photographs from the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1968

by Cox, Julian

• ISBN13: 9781932543230
• ISBN10: 1932543236
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-06-30
• Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr

Summary

"Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1968 is the most significant exhibition of civil rights photographs presented in an art musuem in more than twenty years. These images were taken by many photographers - photojournalists, artists, movement photographers, and amateurs alike - all of whom seem to have had a keen understanding of the significance of their subject. This publication presents a narrative of some of the key moments of the civil rights movement, including the Freedom Rides of 1961, the Birmingham hosings of 1963, and the Selma to Montgomery March of 1965. These are the unforgettable images that helped to change the nation, increasing the momentum of the nonviolent movement by dramatically raising awareness of injustice and the struggle for equality."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Julian Cox is curator of photography at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta.

Table of Contents

Director's Foreword	p. 6
Preface and Acknowledgments	p. 8
Introduction	p. 13
Bearing Witness: Photography and the Civil Rights Movement	p. 19
Plates	p. 48
Afterword	p. 146
List of Plates	p. 148
Selected Bibliography	p. 157
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