FREEDOM- A Photographic History of the African-American Struggle
Phaidon Press. 2002. White softcover in illustrated wrappers. Large Quarto (11 x 10 x 2 inches) 510pp. Spot of moisture damage to upper edge of text block effecting center of the top edge only of some pages. Still a Very Good+ copy. The wrappers have a few short tears, about Near Fine.
Freedom tells of the African American struggle for equality from the first photographic records in nineteenth century to 2002. It is organized chronologically in five sections with introductory essays and narrative captions by noted scholars Manning Marable and Leith Mullings. The array and selection of photographs reveal the journey in all its complexity and nuance, covering the struggle in its many different aspects - political, social, economic, and cultural.
