We shall overcome : press photographs of Nashville during the Civil Rights era /

Fifty years after Martin Luther King Jr.'s death, and at a time when race relations and social justice are again at the forefront of our country's consciousness, this book expands on a Frist Center for the Visual Arts exhibition to present a selection of approximately one hundred photograp...

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Other Authors:	Delmez, Kathryn E. (Editor), Edwards, Susan H. (Contributor), Wynn, Linda T. (Contributor), Lewis, John, 1940 February 21- (writier of introduction.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Nashville : Frist Center for the Visual Arts in association with Vanderbilt University Press, [2018]
Subjects:	African Americans > Tennessee > Nashville > History > 20th century > Exhibitions. Civil rights movements > Press coverage > Tennessee > Nashville > Exhibitions. Civil rights movements > Tennessee > Nashville > History > 20th century > Exhibitions. Civil rights movements > Tennessee > Nashville > History > 20th century > Pictorial works. African Americans > Civil rights > Tennessee > Nashville > History > 20th century > Pictorial works. Civil rights workers > Tennessee > Nashville > Pictorial works. Segregation and the press > Exhibitions. Photojournalism > Tennessee > Nashville > Exhibitions. Nashville (Tenn.) > Race relations > History > 20th century > Exhibitions.

Table of Contents:

Foreword / John Lewis
Preface / Kathryn E. Delmez
Acknowledgements / Susan H. Edwards
Nashville: an inspirational city / Linda T. Wynn
The Nashville beat: photojournalism during the civil rights movement / Susan H. Edwards
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