The civil rights movement
Subtitle: a photographic history, 1954-68
By: Steven Kasher ; foreword by Myrlie Evers-Williams.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Abbeville Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
Subjects: African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works; Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
Genres: Pictorial works.
Description: With a far-ranging selection of striking images and a lively, cogent text, Steven Kasher captures the danger, drama, and bravery of the civil rights movement. After an introduction explaining the vital importance of photography to the movement, the book proceeds from the Montgomery bus boycott through the student, local, and national movements; the big marches in Washington and Selma; Freedom Summer; Malcolm X and Black Power; and the death of Martin Luther King.

Each chapter begins with a fast-paced narrative of a crucial event in the movement, complemented by a portfolio of the most effective and evocative photographs of the subject. Ranging from the well known to the rare, these images were shot by photographers including Richard Avedon, Danny Lyon, Charles Moore, Gordon Parks, Dan Weiner, and over fifty others. Many of the pictures are accompanied by thought-provoking remembrances and analysis by various photographers and participants.

A concise chronology of the major civil rights events of the period and useful suggestions for additional reading conclude this invaluable, inspiring volume.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-248) and index.