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Title: Bronzeville: Black Chicago in Pictures, 1941-1943 by Maren Stange, Richard Wright, Russell Lee, Edwin Rosskam ISBN: 1-56584-900-0 Publisher: New Press Pub. Date: April, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Riveting Time Capsule
Comment: Warning: Once you pick this book up, you won't be able to put it down.
I first skimmed it simply to enjoy the compelling photographs...that alone would have been enough for the money. But then add the text, especially the contemporary accounts from Richard Wright, and you'll feel you've time travelled. I've read about the Great Migration, but this book lives it.
Chicago was the "black capital" in the 1940's, having supplanted Harlem as the center of black culture and nationalism. It was home to notables like Joe Lewis, Thomas A. Dorsey, Mahalia Jackson, Ebony Magazine and Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad. But the most arresting images and stories here are about the everyday people, ranging from grim images of the overcrowded slums to the more joyful life: a crowd watching the orchestra at the Savoy Ballroom, kids lined up in front of the movie theater, the Easter Parade outside Pilgrim Baptist. The book is divided into four parts: House & Home, Work, Church, Going Out.
One of the original essays discusses the fact that during the time period, most white media images of blacks perpetuated negative stereotypes, while many black photographers strove to counter this with "the strongest possible contrast to such representation." Which makes this collection even more important in that it presents such a wide range of people and situations, without trying to support an agenda. The photographers simply captured life.
I agree: This book should be a part of every photography and African American history collection.
Curator, AfroAmericanHeritage.com
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Title: Chicago's South Side, 1946-1948 (Series in Contemporary Photography) by Orville Schell, Wayne F. Miller ISBN: 0520223160 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 04 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Bridges of Memory : Chicago's First Wave of Black Migration by Timuel D. Black, DuSable Museum ISBN: 0810113627 Publisher: Northwestern University Press Pub. Date: 14 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: A Small Nation of People : W. E. B. Du Bois and African American Portraits of Progress by David Levering Lewis, Deborah Willis ISBN: 0060523425 Publisher: Amistad Press Pub. Date: 23 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Known World by Edward P. Jones ISBN: 0060557540 Publisher: Amistad Press Pub. Date: 14 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Long Time Coming: A Photographic Portrait of America, 1935-1943 by Michael Lesy ISBN: 0393049434 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
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