Advancing the Civil Rights Movement

Race and Geography of Life Magazine's Visual Representation, 1954–1965

Michael DiBari Jr. (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

148 Seiten

2017
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-3153-5 (ISBN)

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This book examines the way Life Magazine covered the civil rights movement visually and geographically. Michael Dibari addresses Life's visual impact and representation in the struggle for equal rights.

Advancing the Civil Rights Movement: Race and Geography of Life Magazine's Visual Representation, 1954–1965 examines the way Life Magazine covered the civil rights movement visually and geographically. Michael Dibari addresses Life's visual impact and representation in the struggle for equal rights.

Michael DiBari Jr. is Scripps Howard Endowed Professor at the Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications at Hampton University.

Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Images and Figures
Chapter One: The Power of Photography
Chapter Two: Race, the Media, and Life
Chapter Three: Desegregation, Small Communities, and the Photographs of Life: 1954 to 1956
Chapter Four: The Little Rock Nine, Sit-ins, and the Freedom Rides: 1957 to 1962
Chapter Five: Fire Hoses, Police Dogs, and the Civil Rights Act: 1963 to 1965
Chapter Six: Life Magazine and The Civil Rights Movement
References
About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum	01.03.2017
Zusatzinfo	4 b/w illustrations; 18 b/w photos
Sprache	englisch
Maße	161 x 242 mm
Gewicht	422 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4985-3153-9 / 1498531539
ISBN-13	978-1-4985-3153-5 / 9781498531535
Zustand	Neuware