A small nation of people W.E.B. Du Bois and African-American portraits of progress Lewis, David L. 1936- Willis, Deborah 1948- Library of Congress Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) text bibliography biography nyu New York Amistad c2003 2003 1st ed. monographic eng
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208 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. As the world prepared for the Exposition Universalle de 1900 in Paris, W. E. B. Du Bois was approached to help represent African American life. He came with a cache of stunning photographs to illustrate the progress of Negroes in America-thereby offering a photographic counterpoint to the prolific stereotyping of blacks that left viewers awestruck. With insights from Pulitzer Prize winner David Levering Lewis and Mac-Arthur Fellow photo historian Deborah Willis, A Small Nation of People presents more than one hundred and fifty of these important photographs together for the first time since their initial unveiling. Here is an incredible treasure trove of illustrations of African Americans in front of their new businesses, universities, and homes-sometimes modest, sometimes elegant. Here, too, are beautiful Victorian-era portraits of blacks whose varied hues show how diverse black Americans truly were. Viewed together, the collection reveals in glorious detail what Du Bois saw-a small nation of people prepared to make their mark on America. A small nation of people : W.E.B. Du Bois and Black Americans at the turn of the twentieth century / by David Levering Lewis -- The sociologist's eye : W.E.B. Du Bois and the Paris Exposition / by Deborah Willis -- Photographs. The Library of Congress ; with essays by David Levering Lewis and Deborah Willis. Includes 150 of the photographs that W.E.B. Du Bois included in his display on African Americans in Georgia exhibited at the 1900 Paris Exposition. These photographs are part of the Daniel Murray Collection at the Library of Congress. Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-204). n-us-ga n-us--- e-fr--- African Americans Social conditions To 1964 Pictorial works African Americans Georgia Social conditions 20th century Pictorial works African Americans Georgia Portraits Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) 1868-1963 Exposition universelle internationale de 1900 (Paris, France) E185.86 S635l 2003 305.896/073/009034022 0060523425 (acid-free paper) 9780060523428 (acid-free paper) 2003044440 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hc041/2003044440.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hc041/2003044440.html DLC 030226 20230411085930.0 48084