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Picturing freedom : African Americans & their cars : selections from the Burns collection

Title
Picturing freedom : African Americans & their cars : selections from the Burns collection / Stanley B. Burns, MD & Elizabeth A. Burns, with J Lawrence Burns ; family photographs, Chester Higgins, Jr, Gerald W. Deas, MD.
Author
Burns, Stanley B.
Publication
  • New York : BurnsArchive, [2022]
  • ©2022

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Additional Authors
  • Burns, Elizabeth A.
  • Burns, J. Lawrence
  • Higgins, Chester
  • Deas, Gerald W., 1931-
Description
272 pages : chiefly illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
"Picturing Freedom chronicles and celebrates the photographic history of African Americans and their cars by focusing on personal images of the pride and joy of car ownership. Discussion of the histories of photography, car freedoms, and travel accompanies more than 450 photographs of Black Americans with automobiles, including contributions from two African American legends: photographer Chester Higgins, Jr. and public health advocate Gerald Deas, MD. The book contains prefaces by the authors and a comprehensive chronology of The Burns African American Collection"--
Alternative Title
  • African Americans & their cars
  • African Americans and their cars
Subject
  • Burns Archive > Archives
  • Burns Archive
  • 1900-1999
  • Automobiles > United States > 20th century > Pictorial works
  • Automobiles > Models > 20th century > Pictorial works
  • African Americans > 20th century > Pictorial works
  • African Americans > Social conditions > 20th century > Pictorial works
  • African Americans > Economic conditions > 20th century > Pictorial works
  • African Americans > Social life and customs > 20th century > Pictorial works
  • African American families > 20th century > Pictorial works
  • African American automobile drivers > Pictorial works
  • African American automobile drivers > History > 20th century
  • Segregation in transportation > United States > History > 20th century
  • City and town life > United States > 20th century
  • Photography > United States > History > 20th century
  • African Americans
  • African Americans > Social conditions
  • African Americans > Economic conditions
  • African Americans > Social life and customs
  • African American families
  • African American automobile drivers
  • Segregation in transportation
  • City and town life
  • Photography
  • Automobiles
  • Automobiles > Models
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • History
  • Archives
  • Pictorial works
Call Number
Sc D 23-24
ISBN
  • 9781936002122
  • 1936002124
LCCN
2022933431
OCLC
1352976991
Author
Burns, Stanley B., author.
Title
Picturing freedom : African Americans & their cars : selections from the Burns collection / Stanley B. Burns, MD & Elizabeth A. Burns, with J Lawrence Burns ; family photographs, Chester Higgins, Jr, Gerald W. Deas, MD.
Publisher
New York : BurnsArchive, [2022]
Copyright Date
©2022
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Added Author
Burns, Elizabeth A., author.
Burns, J. Lawrence, author.
Higgins, Chester, photographer.
Deas, Gerald W., 1931- photographer.
Research Call Number
Sc D 23-24
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