I am a man : photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1960-1970 / William R. Ferris ; foreword by Lonnie G. Bunch III.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ferris, William R., author, compiler.

Bunch, Lonnie G., III, author of foreword.

Standardized Title:

I am a man. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States--Pictorial works.

African Americans.

Civil rights movements--Southern States--History--20th century--Pictorial works.

Civil rights movements.

Mississippi Civil Rights Museum--Exhibitions.

Mississippi Civil Rights Museum.

Photograph collections--Missippi--Jackson--Exhibitions.

Photograph collections.

Documentary photography.

African Americans--Civil rights.

History.

Southern States.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

History.

Pictorial works.

Pictures.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

xvi, 131 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 x 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2021]

Summary:

"In the American South, the civil rights movement in the 1960s and the struggle to abolish racial segregation erupted in dramatic scenes at lunch counters, in schools, and in churches. The admission of James Meredith as the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi; the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama; and the sanitation workers' strike in Memphis-where Martin Luther King was assassinated-rank as cardinal events in black Americans' fight for their civil rights. The photographs featured in I AM A MAN: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1960-1970 bear witness to the courage of protesters who faced unimaginable violence and brutality as well as the quiet determination of the elderly and the angry commitment of the young. Talented photographers documented that decade and captured both the bravery of civil rights workers and the violence they faced. Most notably, this book features the work of Bob Adelman, Dan Budnik, Doris Derby, Roland Freeman, Danny Lyon, Art Shay, and Ernest Withers. Like the fabled music and tales of the American South, their photographs document the region's past, its people, and the places that shaped their lives. Protesters in these photographs generated the mighty leverage that eventually transformed a segregated South. The years from 1960 to 1970 unleashed both hope and profound change as desegregation opened public spaces and African Americans secured their rights. The photographs in this volume reveal, as only great photography can, the pivotal moments that changed history, and yet remind us how far we have to go"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"Originally published in 2018 by Ville de Montpellier and Éditions Hazan as I Am a Man: Photographies et luttes pour les droits civiques dans le Sud États-Unis, 1960-1970" -- title page verso.

Translated from the French.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Ferris, William R. I am a man.

ISBN:

9781496831620

1496831624

OCLC:

1154107709