{"product_id":"powerful-days-charles-moore-9780817354817","title":"Powerful Days: Civil Rights Photography of Charles Moore","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIconic photographs of climactic moments in the Civil Rights Movements from famed photographer Charles Moore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Charles Moore's photographs are among the most moving and iconic images from the American Civil Rights Movement. Decades after they first astonished the world, his images remain internationally known icons--vivid, searing portraits of pivotal moments in the struggle for racial equality in the American South. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This chronological collection of Moore's most compelling and dramatic images, taken as the movement progressed through Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Georgia, highlights activity from 1958 to 1965. Included are the iconic scenes of: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e black protestors huddled in a doorway to escape the crippling blasts of fire hoses in Birmingham; \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e a white bigot swinging a baseball bat at the head of a black woman during the desegregation of the Capitol Cafeteria in Montgomery; \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e a young and stunned Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pinned to the counter of a police precinct, his arm twisted behind his back; \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e the devastating aftermath of \"Bloody Sunday\" on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma; \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bull Connor's ferocious police dogs attacking a protestor in downtown Birmingham. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e Celebrity protestors including writer James Baldwin, comedian Dick Gregory, poet Galway Kinnell, singers Joan Baez, Mary Travers, Pete Seeger, and Harry Bellafonte, and actor Pernell Roberts, are captured alongside the many nameless but committed participants and the recognized major leaders of the movement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Moore, Michael Durham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0817354816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817354817\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.98h x 8.44w x 0.67d","brand":"Charles Moore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076810502399,"sku":"9780817354817","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_855dc5f0-7e91-474d-b567-c4c30ec3eba1.jpg?v=1685466921","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/powerful-days-charles-moore-9780817354817","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}