03264cam a22005414a 4500 112645 112645 BJBSDDR 20230411090117.0 ta 190527s2011 msua b 001 0deng 9781617031717 (cloth : alk. paper) 1617031712 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781617031724 (ebook) 1617031720 (ebook) (OCoLC)ocn720634818 DLC DLC spa spa pcc n-us--- n-usu-- 002 E 185.615 L723 2011 305.800973 23 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. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2011. 251 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-246) and index. 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. Presents the Civil Rights Movement through the work of nine activist photographers - men and women who chose to document the national struggle against segregation from within the movement. Unlike images produced by photojournalists, these photographers lived within the movement and documented its activities by focusing on the student activists and local people who together made it happen. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) History. African Americans Civil rights History 20th century Pictorial works. Civil rights movements United States History 20th century Pictorial works. Photographers Political activity United States History 20th century. Political activists United States History 20th century. Photographers United States Interviews. Political activists United States Interviews. Afroamericanos Derechos civiles Historia Obras pictóricas. 2190 Movimientos de derechos civiles Historia Obras pictóricas. 2192 Fotógrafos Estados Unidos Entrevistas. 4797 United States Race relations History 20th century Pictorial works. Southern States Race relations History 20th century Pictorial works. Kelen, Leslie G., 1949 4776 Bond, Julian, 1940-2015 4777 Carson, Clayborne, 1944 4778 Herron, Matt, 1931 4779 Cobb, Charles E., Jr. 4780 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK LYD 0 0 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2019-05-27 0 002 E 185.615 L723 2011 00000128086 2019-05-27 00:00:00 1 2019-05-27 BK