I Have a Dream: A 50th Year Testament to the March That Changed America - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0133498395 ISBN 13: 9780133498394

Publisher: Ft Pr, 2013

Synopsis

On August 28, 1963, something quite amazing occurred. On that day, one of the largest political rallies ever took place in support of civil and economic rights of African-Americans, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial, gave one of the most stirring speeches in history when he delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech.

This book is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of this address and includes narrative and more than 100 stunning photos from the march in Birmingham, Alabama, through the March on Washington. The photographs come from Bob Adelman, one of the most notable photographers of this movement. His work has been featured in Time, Newsweek, and the Associated Press. It is authored by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), an organization in which Dr. King served as the first president.

 

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From the Back Cover:

On August 28, a Wednesday in 1963, something quite amazing occurred.

America’s most prominent Civil Rights organizations united into joint leadership, with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) prominent among them, to lead one of the largest political rallies ever to march on Washington, D.C.

Some say it was Mahalia Jackson who called out from the crowd to King: “Tell them about the dream.” He did.

And, Lord, did America listen.

This photo journal is a testimony to an event that changed America.

About the Author:

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is an African-American civil rights organization. SCLC was closely associated with its first president, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The SCLC had a large role in the American Civil Rights Movement. SCLC is a now a nation-wide organization made up of chapters and affiliates with programs that affect the lives of all Americans: north, south, east and west. Its sphere of influence and interests has become international in scope because the human rights movement transcends national boundaries.

 

Bob Adelman (Miami, FL) is an American photographer known for his images of the African-American Civil Rights Movement. Raised on Long Island, New York, he earned his B.A. at Rutgers University, Law Studies from Harvard University, and M.A. in Philosophy from Columbia University.  Adelman used his background as a graduate student in Applied Aesthetics from Columbia University to forge close ties with leading figures of art and literature, including Andy Warhol and Samuel Beckett. After studying photography for several years under the tutelage of famed Harper’s Bazaar art director Alexey Brodovitch, Adelman volunteered as a photographer for the Congress of Racial Equality in the early 1960s, a position that granted him access to Civil Rights Movement’s key leaders, including Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., and James Baldwin.
 
Adelman currently resides in Miami Beach. His work is represented by the Howard Greenberg Gallery.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ft Pr
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0133498395
• ISBN 13: 9780133498394
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 104