Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1968 // FIRST EDITION //

Cox, Julian (Introduction by Charles Johnson and Afterward by John Lewis)

ISBN 10: 1932543236 / ISBN 13: 9781932543230

Published by High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA., 2008

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FIRST Edition, no other printing dates (per ID of First Editions by McBride). Companion to the (Atlanta) High Museum exhibition. Awesome presentation of stunning b/w photographs throughout, with narrative of key moments of the Civil Rights Movement. U.S. Congressman, John Lewis wrote the large two page "Afterward". Black binding with red titles. FLAWLESS volume and dust jacket. Printed on glossy stock. A FIRST/FIRST. Mylar protected jacket. Heavy volume, suggest Media postage. FIRST Edition. 160 pages. Seller Inventory # 002009

Bibliographic Details

Title: Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil ...

Publisher: High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA.

Publication Date: 2008

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Dust Jacket Condition: New

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

The direct action social protest movement of the 1950s and 1960s resulted in sit-ins, marches, and other showdowns with armed police officers and National Guardsmen. Trained in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s methods of nonviolence, young black men and women took to the streets to fight for their civil rights and sparked a social revolution. Thousands of acts of courage were undertaken in the pursuit of freedom―acts that were often photographed, leaving behind a disquieting visual record of this violent and tumultuous period in American history.

Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1968 is the most significant exhibition of civil rights photographs presented in an art museum in more than twenty years. These images were taken by many photographers-photojournalists, artists, movement photographers, and amateurs alike-all of whom seem to have had a keen understanding of the significance of their subject. This publication presents a narrative of some of the key moments of the civil rights movement, including the Freedom Rides of 1961, the Birmingham hosings of 1963, and the Selma to Montgomery March of 1965. These are the unforgettable images that helped to change the nation, increasing the momentum of the nonviolent movement by dramatically raising awareness of injustice and the struggle for equality.

About the Author:

Julian Cox is curator of photography at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta. Charles Johnson's most recent fiction publication is Dr. King's Refrigerator and Other Bedtime Stories. He is the S. Wilson and Grace M. Pollock Professor of Writing at the University of Washington. John Lewis is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and was a leader in the American civil rights movement.