Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Kelen, Leslie G., 1949-
2. Bond, Julian, 1940-
3. Carson, Clayborne, 1944-

Description

1. 251 p. : ill.; 27 cm.

Subject

1. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) -- History
2. African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
3. Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
4. Photographers -- Political activity -- History -- United States -- 20th century
5. Political activists -- United States -- History -- 20th century
6. Photographers -- United States -- Interviews
7. Political activists -- United States -- Interviews
8. United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
9. Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works

Contents

1. Photographing civil rights / Matt Herron -- Photographs -- pt. 1. Black life -- pt. 2. Organizing for freedom -- pt. 3. State and local terror -- pt. 4. Meredith march against fear and Black power -- How I first saw King and found the movement / Clayborne Carson -- The photographers : interviews and biographies -- Tamio Wakayama -- Herbert Randall -- Maria Varela -- George Ballis -- Bob Fitch -- Matt Herron -- Bob Fletcher -- David Prince -- Bob Adelman.

Call number

1. Sc+ F 12-188

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title

1. This light of ours : activist photographers of the civil rights movement / edited by Leslie G. Kelen ; essays by Julian Bond, Clayborne Carson, and Matt Herron ; text by Charles E. Cobb, Jr.

Imprint

1. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2011.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added author

1. Kelen, Leslie G., 1949-
2. Bond, Julian, 1940-
3. Carson, Clayborne, 1944-

LCCN

1. 2011016247

ISBN

1. 9781617031717 (cloth : alk. paper)
2. 1617031712 (cloth : alk. paper)

Research call number

1. Sc+ F 12-188