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Revolution in black and white : photographs of the Civil Rights Era by Ernest C. Withers

Title

Revolution in black and white : photographs of the Civil Rights Era by Ernest C. Withers / Richard Cahan and Michael Williams ; foreword by Andrew Young.

Author

Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007

Publication

Chicago, Illinois : CityFiles Press, [2019]
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Description

288 pages : illustrations; 29 cm

Summary

"Ernest C. Withers was one of the most prominent African-American photographers during the civil rights years. During the course of his work, he took thousands photographs that document the Movement--from the Emmett Till trial in 1955 to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968. What set his work apart was that he goes beyond the political struggles to show the human face of Movement. Withers worked primarily a local photographer, as a freelancer for the Memphis World and Tri-State Defender starting in 1948. His photographs of the everyday world--proms, funerals, people at work and play, and street life--create a stunning record of what it was like to live in Memphis and the Mid-South. He was also a noted baseball photographer, documenting Negro League baseball, and a noted music photographer, taking thousands of photographs of early jazz, blues, rock 'n' roll and R & B performers. This book combines all of his work for the first time and uses first-hand accounts from men and women who lived in the South to explain these transformative years. The photographs, taken as bare-bones journalism, rise to the level of fine art decades later. They are also important examples of photojournalism, documenting decades of struggle in Memphis and the Mid-South. They serve as an important missing link in the civil rights narrative. This book goes beyond the headlines to show how Withers created an essential record for all of us to better understand life in the South during this crucial era."--Publisher's website

Uniform Title

Photographs. Selections

Alternative Title

Photographs.

Subject

Genre/Form

Catalogs.
History.
Illustrated works.
Pictorial works.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (page 288).

Contents

This little light of mine -- I'll take you there -- Beale Street blues -- The ballad of Emmett Till -- A city called Heaven -- People get ready -- We shall not be moved -- Take my hand, precious Lord.

Call Number

Sc F 24-17

ISBN

9780991541843
0991541847

OCLC

1090475434

Author

Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007, photographer.

Title

Revolution in black and white : photographs of the Civil Rights Era by Ernest C. Withers / Richard Cahan and Michael Williams ; foreword by Andrew Young.

Publisher

Chicago, Illinois : CityFiles Press, [2019]

Copyright Date

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (page 288).

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Williams, Michael (Michael F.), author.

Cahan, Richard, author.

Young, Andrew, 1932- writer of foreword.

Research Call Number

Sc F 24-17

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