EXHIBIT/BOOK: The Power of Imagery in Advancing Civil Rights

[Frank W. Baker]

Soon to be a traveling exhibit, "For All The World to See," is now on display at the National Museum of American History.  Details about the exhibit are in the current issue of Smithsonian Magazine. The companion text would make a nice addition to a school library collection.

[Chris Crowe]

This is an interesting thread.  Since the late 19th century, we have photo documentation that provides powerful tangible classroom artifacts that bring history to life.  As the Smithsonian article says, the photo of Emmett Till's battered corpse may be one of the most historic and most powerful.  But there are others: photos from the aftermath of the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, from the Mississippi Burning case, and a sickening bunch of lynch photography collected in a book titled Without Sanctuary.  Some of these photos are so terrible, I'm not sure I could use them in a classroom.http://withoutsanctuary.org/main.html

[Frank W. Baker]

The recent PBS documentary "Freedom Riders," (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/)and its companion book (http://www.amazon.com/Freedom-Riders-Struggle-Justice-American/dp/0...) might also be useful to teachers/students studying this time period in American history.