Road to freedom
Subtitle: photographs of the civil rights movement, 1956-1968
By: Julian Cox ; introduction by Charles Johnson ; afterword by John Lewis.
Contributors: High Museum of Art.; National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.)
Publisher: High Museum of Art
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Atlanta, GA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9781932543230; 9781932543216
Subjects: African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works -- Exhibitions; Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works -- Exhibitions; Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works -- Exhibitions; United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works -- Exhibitions; Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works -- Exhibitions
Genres: Pictorial works; Exhibitions.
Description: "Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1968 is the most significant exhibition of civil rights photographs presented in an art musuem in more than twenty years. These images were taken by many photographers - photojournalists, artists, movement photographers, and amateurs alike - all of whom seem to have had a keen understanding of the significance of their subject. This publication presents a narrative of some of the key moments of the civil rights movement, including the Freedom Rides of 1961, the Birmingham hosings of 1963, and the Selma to Montgomery March of 1965. These are the unforgettable images that helped to change the nation, increasing the momentum of the nonviolent movement by dramatically raising awareness of injustice and the struggle for equality."--Jacket.
Notes: "In association with Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture."

Photographs from an exhibition held at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta,   June 7-Oct. 5, 2008 and the International Gallery, S. Dillon Ripley Center,   Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Nov. 8, 2008-Mar. 9, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references.