Advancing the civil rights movement
Subtitle: race and geography of Life magazine's visual representation, 1954-1965
By: Michael DiBari Jr
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 133
ISBN-13: 9781498531535
Subjects: Race relations; Photojournalism; Civil rights; History; African Americans; Civil rights movements; Documentary photography
Other titles: Life (Chicago, Ill.)
Description: Life Magazine covered the civil rights movement visually and geographically. Michael Dibari addresses Life's visual impact and representation in the struggle for equal rights.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Race, the media, and life; title: Desegregation, small communities, and the photographs of Life: 1954 to 1956; title: The Little Rock Nine, sit-ins, and the freedom rides: 1957 to 1962; title: Fire hoses, police dogs, and the civil rights act: 1963 to 1965; title: Life magazine and the civil rights movement.