{"product_id":"this-is-the-day-leonard-freed-9781606061213","title":"This Is the Day: The March on Washington","description":"\u003ci\u003eThis Is the Day: The March on Washington\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003eNever 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.\u003cbr\u003eAccompanying 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leonard Freed, Michael Eric Dyson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1606061216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781606061213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e J. Paul Getty Museum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 9.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/07\/2013 pg. 53\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2013","brand":"Leonard Freed","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43938684010751,"sku":"9781606061213","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_43bedacf-b15e-491a-93b6-240d9c34a146.jpg?v=1681437138","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/this-is-the-day-leonard-freed-9781606061213","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}