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12 Million Black Voices

12 Million Black Voices
By Richard Wright, United States Farm Security Administration

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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.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #312420 in Books
  • Published on: 2002-12-10
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 168 pages

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  • ISBN13: 9781560254461
  • Condition: NEW
  • Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

Customer Reviews

A good Book to explore3
A Good Book to explore the culture and history of the pain that they went through. The struggle which we don't see or realize.

A Reveiw of History5
I'm always impressed with writings by Richard Wright. This book took me on a written and pictorial journey in history of the plight of African Americans in this country. Wright did an excellent job of connecting the past with the present. What a wonderful history lesson!