12 Million Black Voices, first published in 1941, combines Wright's prose with startling photographs selected by Edwin Rosskam from the Security Farm Administration files compiled during the Great Depression. The photographs include works by such giants as Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, and Arth...

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Main Author:	Wright, Richard 1908-1960 (Author)
Other Authors:	Ignatiev, Noel 1940-2019 (Author of introduction, etc.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York Basic Books 2008
Subjects:	Sozialgeschichte 1915-1940 African Americans / Social conditions / To 1964 African Americans / Social conditions / To 1964 / Pictorial works Schwarze. USA Schwarze USA
Online Access:	Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:	12 Million Black Voices, first published in 1941, combines Wright's prose with startling photographs selected by Edwin Rosskam from the Security Farm Administration files compiled during the Great Depression. The photographs include works by such giants as Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, and Arthur Rothstein. From crowded, rundown farm shacks to Harlem storefront churches, the photos depict the lives of black people in 1930s America—their misery and weariness under rural poverty, their spiritual strength, and their lives in northern ghettos. Wright's accompanying text eloquently narrates the story of these 90 pictures and delivers a powerful commentary on the origins and history of black oppression in this country. Also included are new prefaces by Douglas Brinkley, Noel Ignatiev, and Michael Eric Dyson. "Among all the works of Wright, 12 Million Black Voices stands out as a work of poetry, ... passion, ... and of love."—David Bradley "A more eloquent statement of its kind could hardly have been devised."—The New York Times Book Review
Physical Description:	xxi, 152 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:	9781560254461