Troublemakers : Chicago freedom struggles through the lens of Art Shay / Erik S. Gellman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gellman, Erik S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shay, Arthur.

Social conflict--Illinois--Chicago.

Social conflict.

Civil rights movements--Illinois--Chicago.

Civil rights movements.

Documentary photography.

Chicago (Ill.)--Race relations--History--20th century.

Chicago (Ill.).

Social conflict--Illinois--Chicago--Pictorial works.

Civil rights movements--Illinois--Chicago--Pictorial works.

Chicago (Ill.)--Race relations--History--20th century--Pictorial works.

Documentary photography--Illinois--Chicago.

Race relations.

Illinois--Chicago.

Genre:

History.

Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

258 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2019.

Summary:

What does democracy look like? And when should we cause trouble to pursue it? Troublemakers fuses photography and history to demonstrate how racial and economic inequality gave rise to a decades-long struggle for justice in one American city. In dialogue with 275 of Art Shay's photographs, Erik S. Gellman takes a new look at major developments in postwar US history: the Second Great Migration, "white flight," and neighborhood and street conflicts, as well as shifting party politics and the growth of the carceral state. The result is a visual and written history that complicates - and even upends - the morality tales and popular memory of postwar freedom struggles. Shay himself was a "troublemaker," seeking to unsettle society by illuminating truths that many middle-class, white, media, political, and businesspeople pretended did not exist. Shay served as a navigator in the US Army Air Forces during World War II, then took a position as a writer for Life Magazine. But soon after his 1948 move to Chicago, he decided to become a freelance photographer. Shay wandered the city photographing whatever caught his eye - and much did. His lens captured everything from private moments of rebellion to era-defining public movements, as he sought to understand the creative and destructive energies that propelled freedom struggles in the Windy City. Shay illuminated the pain and ecstasy that sprung up from the streets of Chicago, while Gellman reveals their collective impact on the urban fabric and on our national narrative. This collaboration offers a fresh and timely look at how social conflict can shape a city - and may even inspire us to make trouble today.

Contents:

Introduction

Democratic dreams deferred

Windy City justice

Suburban civility

Chicago's own civil rights movement

Human rights and freedom marches

Welcome democrats and black power

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Container of: Shay, Arthur. Photographs. Selections

ISBN:

9780226603926

022660392X

OCLC:

1089855247