Mine Eyes Have Seen:Bearing Witness to the Struggle for Civil Rig Bob Adelman

Name: Mine Eyes Have Seen:Bearing Witness to the Struggle for Civil Rig By Bob Adelman
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Mine Eyes Have Seen:Bearing Witness to the Struggle for Civil Rig by Bob Adelman

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Takes the reader on a rollercoaster ride through Americas Civil Rights Movement. This book includes photographs of Americas dramatic journey through racial conflicts include evocative and penetrating portraits of ordinary people rallying under some of the most charismatic leaders.

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Mine Eyes Have Seen:Bearing Witness to the Struggle for Civil Rig: Bearing Witness to the Struggle for Civil Rights by Bob Adelman

This searing collection of photographs by LIFE photographer Bob Adelman takes the reader on a rollercoaster ride through Americas Civil Rights Movement. These unforgettable photographs of Americas dramatic journey through racial conflicts include evocative and penetrating portraits of ordinary people rallying under some of the most charismatic leaders of recent years, as well as artists and writers as diverse as Sidney Poitier, Miles Davis, James Baldwin and Ralph Ellison.

About Bob Adelman

Inspired by the courage of student demonstrators, Bob Adelman began as a volunteer for CORE and SNCC, riskily taking photographs of the Freedom Rides in the early 1960s. His insightful coverage led to assignments and cover stories for national and international magazines. He has been honoured as a Guggenheim Fellow and an American Endowment of the Arts Grantee. Among his books are Down Home, The Next America, Man of Leisure and Visions of Liberty. Charles Johnson is the author of the National Book Award-winning novel Middle Passage and numerous non-fiction books, including King: The Photobiography of Martin Luther King. Among his many honours are a MacArthur Fellowship and an Academy Award from the American Institute of Arts and Letters. He is the Pollock Professor of Writing at the University of Washington in Seattle.

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Sku

GOR003993278

ISBN 13

9780500543481

ISBN 10

0500543488

Title

Mine Eyes Have Seen:Bearing Witness to the Struggle for Civil Rig: Bearing Witness to the Struggle for Civil Rights by Bob Adelman

Author

Bob Adelman

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Thames & Hudson Ltd

Year published

20071119

Number of pages

200

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N/A

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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

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