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We shall overcome : press photographs of Nashville during the Civil Rights era

Title
We shall overcome : press photographs of Nashville during the Civil Rights era / edited by Kathryn E. Delmez ; foreword by John Lewis ; with essays by Linda T. Wynn and Susan H. Edwards.
Publication
Nashville, Tennessee : Frist Art Museum in Association with Vanderbilt University Press, [2018]

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Additional Authors
  • Delmez, Kathryn E.
  • Edwards, Susan H.
  • Wynn, Linda T.
  • Lewis, John, 1940-2020
Description
xiii, 160 pages : illustrations; 28 x 29 cm
Summary
"Fifty years after Martin Luther King Jr.'s death--and at a time when race relations and social justice are again at the forefront of our country's consciousness--this book expands on a Frist Center for the Visual Arts exhibition to present a selection of approximately one hundred photographs that document an important period in Nashville's struggle for racial equality. The images were taken between 1957, the year that desegregation in public schools began, and 1968, when the National Guard was called in to surround the state capitol in the wake of the civil rights leader's assassination in Memphis. Photographs from the archives of both daily newspapers will be included: the Tennessean, which was the more liberal publication, and the Nashville Banner, a conservative paper whose leadership seemed less interested in covering events related to racial issues. Some of the photographs in the exhibition were selected to be published in the papers, but many were not, the disclosure of which reveals insight into the editorial process."--Provided by publisher.
Uniform Title
  • Tennessean.
  • Nashville banner.
Alternative Title
Press photographs of Nashville during the Civil Rights era
Subject
  • Frist Center for the Visual Arts (Nashville, Tenn.) > Exhibitions
  • 1900-1999
  • African Americans > Tennessee > Nashville > History > 20th century > Exhibitions
  • Civil rights movements > Press coverage > Tennessee > Nashville > Exhibitions
  • Civil rights movements > Tennessee > Nashville > History > 20th century > Exhibitions
  • Civil rights movements > Tennessee > Nashville > History > 20th century > Pictorial works
  • African Americans > Civil rights > History > Tennessee > Nashville > 20th century > Pictorial works
  • Civil rights workers > Tennessee > Nashville > Pictorial works
  • Segregation and the press > Exhibitions
  • Photojournalism > Tennessee > Nashville > Exhibitions
  • African Americans
  • African Americans > Civil rights
  • Civil rights movements
  • Civil rights workers
  • Photojournalism
  • Race relations
  • Segregation and the press
  • Nashville (Tenn.) > Race relations > History > 20th century > Exhibitions
  • Tennessee > Nashville
Genre/Form
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • History.
  • Pictorial works.
Note
  • "Published in conjuction with the exhibition We shall overcome: civil rights and the Nashville press 1957-1968, which was organized by the First Art Museum, Nashville, Tennessee and prsented in the Conte Community Arts Gallery from March 30 to October 14, 2018"--Title page verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Foreword / John Lewis -- Preface / Kathryn E. Delmez -- Acknowledgements / Susan H. Edwards -- Nashville: an inspirational city / Linda T. Wynn -- The Nashville beat: photojournalism during the civil rights movement / Susan H. Edwards -- Plates -- Timeline.
Call Number
Sc+ F 18-70
ISBN
  • 9780826522214
  • 0826522211
LCCN
2018014285
OCLC
1033576442
Title
We shall overcome : press photographs of Nashville during the Civil Rights era / edited by Kathryn E. Delmez ; foreword by John Lewis ; with essays by Linda T. Wynn and Susan H. Edwards.
Publisher
Nashville, Tennessee : Frist Art Museum in Association with Vanderbilt University Press, [2018]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Added Author
Delmez, Kathryn E., editor.
Edwards, Susan H., contributor.
Wynn, Linda T., contributor.
Lewis, John, 1940-2020, writer of introduction.
Added Title
Tennessean.
Nashville banner.
Research Call Number
Sc+ F 18-70
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