This Is the Day: The March on Washington by Freed, Leonard

This Is the Day: The March on Washington (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781606061213)

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Format: Hardcover
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This Is the Day: The March on Washington by Freed, Leonard

This Is the Day: The March on Washington

$29.95
This Is the Day: The March on Washington by Freed, Leonard

This Is the Day: The March on Washington

$29.95
Format: Hardcover
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This Is the Day: The March on Washington is a stirring photo-essay by photographer Leonard Freed documenting the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom of August 28, 1963, the historic day on which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech at the base of the Lincoln Memorial. This book commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the historic march that ultimately led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Never before published in book form, the seventy-five photographs in this volume were chosen from among the hundreds of images that Freed made in the nation's capitol--before, during, and after the march. These images not only present us with stunning wide-angle views of hundreds of thousands of marchers overflowing the National Mall but also focus on small groups of people straining to see the speakers and on individual faces, each one filled with hope and yearning, epitomized by the beautiful young woman who throws her entire being into singing "We Shall Overcome." In addition are eighteen pictures from the twentieth-anniversary march of August 1983, conveying a sense of celebration coupled with peaceful protest.
Accompanying the photographs are a first-hand, backstage account of the preparations leading up to the march by social activist and civil rights leader Julian Bond; an essay on the importance of the march and Dr. King's involvement by sociology professor and author Michael Eric Dyson; and an informative discussion of Freed's approach to the photographic project by scholar Paul Farber.

Author: Leonard Freed, Michael Eric Dyson
ISBN-10: 1606061216
ISBN-13: 9781606061213
Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
Language: English
Published: 02/05/2013
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.50h x 9.00w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/07/2013 pg. 53
Choice 07/01/2013
By Leonard Freed
By Leonard Freed
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Leonard Freed (American, 1929-2006) was a pioneer in the genre of socially conscious photojournalism. Freed's photographs are represented in many public and private collections. His book Black in White America, first published in 1967/68, was reissued by Getty Publications in 2010. Julian Bond helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and is currently professor of history at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Michael Eric Dyson is a professor of sociology at Georgetown University and the author of sixteen books, including April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America (Basic Civitas Books, 2008). Paul Farber is currently completing his doctorate in American studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

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