He Had a Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement - Softcover

Schulke, Flip

Softcover

ISBN 10: 039331264X ISBN 13: 9780393312645

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1995

Synopsis

He Had a Dream is a visual record of King's life and work by the only man King trusted and to whom he gave such complete access. Schulke's images, combined with his commentary on both the moment and its place in the context of the civil rights movement, create a more immediate and revealing portrait of King than we have had before.

As a young photojournalist just out of college in the early fifties, Flip Schulke moved to Miami and began covering social issues. In 1958, while working as a freelancer for Jet and Ebony, he was assigned to photograph Martin Luther King. Afterwards, the two men talked late into the night about King's philosophy. Schulke became convinced that King's plans would change the face of the country. At King's invitation, he began photographing behind the scenes at Southern Christian Leadership Conference meetings and eventually became committed to covering King and the growing civil rights movement. For a decade before King's death, Schulke was as close to him and his inner circle as a photographer could be. He was privy to momentous events public and private, and always he was photographing. This book is the result.

About this title

About the Author

Flip Schulke lives in Miami, Florida. Also by Flip Schulke: King Remembered with Penny McPhee.

From Booklist

Schulke first met King in 1958, when the young, white photojournalist was covering the civil rights movement for Ebony and Jet magazines. King grew to trust Schulke, and eventually a warm relationship developed between the two. That friendship allowed Schulke and his camera access to many of King's private moments, including meetings of black civil-rights leaders and intimate time spent with the family. This book is a collection of photographs from the 10 years Schulke spent in close confidence with King. There are 160 photographs, ranging in content from the Selma protesters to the hate-filled countenances of their adversaries to serene Sunday afternoons at the King home. Of the many stunning shots, those of Coretta Scott King at her husband's funeral and of Medgar Evers' daughter at his funeral are most unforgettable. Schulke's personal reflections appear as unobtrusive text and help create a book that is both a highly personal testament to a friend and a moving portrait of the civil-rights era. Kathleen Hughes

Edition details

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 039331264X
• ISBN 13: 9780393312645
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160