Road to freedom : photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1968

Author(s)

• Cox, Julian
• Johnson, Charles Richard
• Lewis, John
• High Museum of Art

Bibliographic Information

Road to freedom : photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1968

Julian Cox ; introduction by Charles Johnson ; afterword by John Lewis

High Museum of Art , Distributed by University of Washington Press, c2008

• : hardcover

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-159)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The direct action social protest movement of the 1950s and 1960s resulted in sit-ins, marches, and other showdowns with armed police officers and National Guardsmen. Trained in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s methods of nonviolence, young black men and women took to the streets to fight for their civil rights and sparked a social revolution. Thousands of acts of courage were undertaken in the pursuit of freedom-acts that were often photographed, leaving behind a disquieting visual record of this violent and tumultuous period in American history. Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1968 is the most significant exhibition of civil rights photographs presented in an art museum 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.

Table of Contents

Director's Foreword / Michael E. Shapiro Preface and Acknowledgments / Julian Cox Introduction / Charles Johnson Bearing Witness: Photography and the Civil Rights Movement / Julian Cox Plates Afterword / John Lewis List of Plates Selected Bibliography

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Details

• NCID: BB00511703
• ISBN:
  • 9781932543230
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Atlanta,Seattle, WA
• Pages/Volumes: 159 p.
• Size: 27 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : E185.61
  • DC22 : 779.42
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works -- Exhibitions
  • LCSH : Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works -- Exhibitions
  • LCSH : Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works -- Exhibitions
  • LCSH : United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works -- Exhibitions
  • LCSH : Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works -- Exhibitions