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Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America

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EAN: 9780944092699 SKU: BRANDTWINPALMSPUBLISHERS-98COLOURBWILLUSTRATIONS Categories: , , , ,
Many people today, despite the evidence, will not believe don’t want to believe that such atrocities happened in America not so very long ago. These photographs bear witness to . . . an American holocaust.” —Congressman John Lewis The Tuskegee Institute records the lynching of 3,436 blacks between 1882 and 1950. This is probably a small percentage of these murders, which were seldom reported, and led to the creation of the NAACP in 1909, an organization dedicated to passing federal anti-lynching laws. Through all this terror and carnage someone-many times a professional photographer-carried a camera and took pictures of the events. These lynching photographs were often made into postcards and sold as souvenirs to the crowds in attendance. These images are some of photography’s most brutal, surviving to this day so that we may now look back on the terrorism unleashed on America’s African-American community and perhaps know our history and ourselves better. The almost one hundred images reproduced here are a testament to the camera’s ability to make us remember what we often choose to forget.

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PartNumber 98 colour, b/w illustrations Brand Brand: Twin Palms Publishers
Manufacturer Twin Palms Publishers Author James Allen
Editor James Allen Foreword John Lewis
Contributor Leon F. Litwack Contributor Hilton Als
Item Weight 2.69 Pounds ItemDimensions 7.99 x 1.18 x 10.00Inches
NumberOfItems 1 Color Black
binding Hardcover Amazon Category Books » Arts & Photography » Photography & Video » Photography Collections & Exhibitions
Amazon Category Books » Arts & Photography » Photography & Video » Photography History Amazon Category Books » Arts & Photography » Photography & Video » Photojournalism & Essays » Photo Essays
Amazon Category Books » Politics & Social Sciences » Social Sciences » Ethnic Studies » People of African Descent & Black Studies » African American Demographic Studies Amazon Category Books » Politics & Social Sciences » Sociology » Sociology of Race Relations » Discrimination & Racism
EAN 9780944092699 ISBN 0944092691
Weight 2.69 lbs

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