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First edition. |
| Description |
288 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
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| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (page 288). |
| Summary |
"Ernest C. Withers was one of the most prominent African-American photographers during the civil rights years. During the course of his work, he took thousands photographs that document the Movement--from the Emmett Till trial in 1955 to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968. What set his work apart was that he goes beyond the political struggles to show the human face of Movement. Withers worked primarily a local photographer, as a freelancer for the Memphis World and Tri-State Defender starting in 1948. His photographs of the everyday world--proms, funerals, people at work and play, and street life--create a stunning record of what it was like to live in Memphis and the Mid-South. He was also a noted baseball photographer, documenting Negro League baseball, and a noted music photographer, taking thousands of photographs of early jazz, blues, rock 'n' roll and R&B performers. This book combines all of his work for the first time and uses first-hand accounts from men and women who lived in the South to explain these transformative years. The photographs, taken as bare-bones journalism, rise to the level of fine art decades later. They are also important examples of photojournalism, documenting decades of struggle in Memphis and the Mid-South. They serve as an important missing link in the civil rights narrative. This book goes beyond the headlines to show how Withers created an essential record for all of us to better understand life in the South during this crucial era."--Publisher's website. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 288). |
| Contents |
This little light of mine -- I'll take you there -- Beale Street blues -- The ballad of Emmett Till -- A city called Heaven -- People get ready -- We shall not be moved -- Take my hand, precious Lord. |
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Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007 -- Catalogs.
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African Americans -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works -- Catalogs.
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African Americans -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works -- Catalogs.
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Memphis (Tenn.) -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works -- Catalogs.
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United States -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works -- Catalogs.
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works -- Catalogs.
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works -- Catalogs.
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Civil rights movements -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works -- Catalogs.
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Civil rights movements -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works -- Catalogs.
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African American civil rights workers -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- Pictorial works -- Catalogs.
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African American civil rights workers -- Pictorial works -- Catalogs.
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African American photographers -- Catalogs.
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Documentary photography -- Catalogs.
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Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007. (OCoLC)fst01559795 |
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African American civil rights workers. (OCoLC)fst00799093
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African American photographers. (OCoLC)fst00799297
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African Americans. (OCoLC)fst00799558
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African Americans -- Civil rights.
(OCoLC)fst00799575
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Civil rights movements. (OCoLC)fst00862708
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Documentary photography. (OCoLC)fst00896093
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Tennessee -- Memphis. (OCoLC)fst01204194 |
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155 |
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1900-1999 |
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Catalogs. (OCoLC)fst01423692
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Illustrated works. (OCoLC)fst01423873
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Pictorial works. (OCoLC)fst01423874
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Catalogs.
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Illustrated works.
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ocls black history
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| Added Author |
Williams, Michael (Michael F.), author.
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Cahan, Richard, author.
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Young, Andrew, 1932- writer of foreword.
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| Added Title |
Photographs. Selections
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| ISBN |
9780991541843 (hardcover) : $49.95 |
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0991541847 (hardcover) |
