For all the world to see: visual culture and the struggle for civil rights

In 1955, shortly after Emmett Till was murdered by white supremacists in Mississippi, his grieving mother distributed to the press a gruesome photograph ofhis mutilated corpse. Asked why she would do this, she explained that by witnessing with their own eyes the brutality of segregation and racism, Americans would be more likely to support the cause of racial justice. 'Let the world see what I’ve seen', was her reply. The publication of the photograph inspired ageneration of activists to join the civil rights movement.

• ISBN: 978-0-300-12131-5
• Editorial: Yale University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 224
• Fecha Publicación: 28/05/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés