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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This is a biography of photographer Ernest Withers and his city Memphis during the 1950's and 1960's He is important for two reasons - he is a great photographer and he is a secret source for the FBI used to monitor the Civil Rights movement in Memphis. He is well known and accepted in the Black community and therefore gets an inside look at events as they unfold. The book culminates with the shooting of Martin Luther King at the Lorraine Hotel.A really interesting look at a complex man and period in American History. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Ernest Withers took some of the most legendary images of the 1950s and '60s: Martin Luther King, Jr., riding a newly integrated bus in Montgomery, Alabama; Emmett Till's uncle pointing an accusatory finger across the courtroom at his nephew's killer; scores of African-American protestors carrying a forest of signs reading "i am a man." But at the same time, Withers was working as an FBI informant. In this gripping narrative history, Preston Lauterbach examines the complicated political and economic forces that informed Withers's seeming betrayal of the people he photographed, and "does a masterful job of telling the story of civil rights in Memphis in the 1960s" (Ed Ward, Financial Times), including the events surrounding Dr. King's tumultuous final march in Memphis. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)323.092Social sciences Political Science Civil and political rights Civil Rights Biography And History BiographyLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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