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12 Million Black Voices | 
 enlarge | Authors: Richard Wright, United States Farm Security Administration
Creators: Noel Ignatiev, David Bradley, Edwin Rosskam
Publisher: Basic Books
Category: Book
List Price: $17.95
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 68474
Media: Paperback
Pages: 168
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 7.3 x 0.4
ISBN: 1560254467
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.0496073
EAN: 9781560254461
ASIN: 1560254467
Publication Date: December 10, 2002
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Condition: good shape, solid, some underlining in pencil, notes on the margin in pencil
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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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 A good Book to explore December 1, 2000
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
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 History August 16, 2008
Shawn C. Kennedy
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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!
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