{"product_id":"freedom-now-forgotten-photographs-of-the-civil-rights-struggle","title":"Freedom Now!: Forgotten Photographs of the Civil Rights Struggle","description":"\u003cp\u003ePhotographers shot millions of pictures of the black civil rights struggle between the close of World War II and the early 1970s, yet most Americans today can recall just a handful of images that look remarkably similar. In the popular imagination, the civil rights movement is remembered in dramatic photographs of protestors attacked with police dogs and fire hoses, firebombs and shotguns, tear gas and billy clubs. The most famous images of the era show black activists victimized by violent Southern whites.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e But there are other stories to be told. Blacks changed America through their action, not their suffering. In this groundbreaking catalogue, Martin Berger presents a collection of forgotten photographs that illustrate the action, heroism, and strength of black activists in driving social and legislative change. \u003ci\u003eFreedom Now!\u003c\/i\u003e highlights the power wielded by black men, women, and children in courthouses, community centers, department stores, political conventions, schools, and streets.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFreedom Now! \u003c\/i\u003ereveals that we have inherited a photographic canonÑand a picture of historyÑshaped by whitesÕ comfort with unthreatening images of victimized blacks. And it illustrates how and why particular people, events, and issues have been edited out of the photographic story we tell about our past. By considering the different values promoted in the forgotten photographs, readers will gain an understanding of African AmericansÕ role in rewriting U.S. history and the high stakes involved in selecting images with which to narrate our collective past.\u003cbr\u003e Ê\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Art, Museum Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e University Of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780520280199\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"University Of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £30.73","offer_id":47900697100465,"sku":"SB-0520280199-C3","price":30.73,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0520280199.jpg?v=1788842429","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/freedom-now-forgotten-photographs-of-the-civil-rights-struggle","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}