{"product_id":"freedom-now-forgotten-photographs-of-the-civil-rights-struggle-paperback","title":"Freedom Now!: Forgotten Photographs of the Civil Rights Struggle - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMartin A. Berger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eFreedom Now! \u003c\/i\u003ereveals that we have inherited a photographic canon--and a picture of history--shaped by whites' 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 Americans' role in rewriting U.S. history and the high stakes involved in selecting images with which to narrate our collective past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartin A. Berger \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of History of Art and Visual Culture at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSeeing through Race: A Reinterpretation of Civil Rights Photography, Sight Unseen: Whiteness and American Visual Culture, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMan Made: Thomas Eakins and the Construction of Gilded Age Manhood, \u003c\/i\u003e all from UC Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 162\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 10.4 x 8.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 22, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42158954512519,"sku":"9780520389717","price":71.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/96d362d3567fe5134ad1e2259d681e80.webp?v=1733262915","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/freedom-now-forgotten-photographs-of-the-civil-rights-struggle-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}