{"product_id":"i-am-a-man-william-r-ferris-9781496831620","title":"I Am a Man: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1960-1970","description":"In the American South, the civil rights movement in the 1960s and the struggle to abolish racial segregation erupted in dramatic scenes at lunch counters, in schools, and in churches. The admission of James Meredith as the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi; the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama; and the sanitation workers' strike in Memphis--where Martin Luther King was assassinated--rank as cardinal events in black Americans' fight for their civil rights. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The photographs featured in \u003ci\u003eI AM A MAN: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1960-1970 \u003c\/i\u003ebear witness to the courage of protesters who faced unimaginable violence and brutality as well as the quiet determination of the elderly and the angry commitment of the young. Talented photographers documented that decade and captured both the bravery of civil rights workers and the violence they faced. Most notably, this book features the work of Bob Adelman, Dan Budnik, Doris Derby, Roland Freeman, Danny Lyon, Art Shay, and Ernest Withers. Like the fabled music and tales of the American South, their photographs document the region's past, its people, and the places that shaped their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Protesters in these photographs generated the mighty leverage that eventually transformed a segregated South. The years from 1960 to 1970 unleashed both hope and profound change as desegregation opened public spaces and African Americans secured their rights. The photographs in this volume reveal, as only great photography can, the pivotal moments that changed history, and yet remind us how far we have to go.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William R. Ferris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496831624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496831620\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 10.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/22\/2021","brand":"William R. Ferris","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44049290658047,"sku":"9781496831620","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_99557bdc-8de4-4dad-b459-aa138059d616.jpg?v=1685000730","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-am-a-man-william-r-ferris-9781496831620","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}