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The Civil Rights Movement and the Arts

The Civil Rights Movement has been a source of inspiration for artists of many mediums, and the power of that art has been crucial in moving the cause of justice forward.

Lawrence Public Library

12 items

  • I Am a Man

    Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1960-1970

    Ferris, William R.,
    Book, 2021Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2021] — 323.0975 FERRIS W
  • And Still We Rise

    Race, Culture, and Visual Conversations

    Mazloomi, Carolyn,
    Book, 2015Atglen, PA : Schiffer Publishing Ltd., [2015] — 746.4608 MAZLOOMI
  • Until Justice Be Done

    America's First Civil Rights Movement, From the Revolution to Reconstruction

    Masur, Kate,
    Book, 2021New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2021] — 323.1196 MASUR K
  • The Soul of a Nation Reader

    Writings by and About Black American Artists, 1960-1980

    Book, 2021New York, NY : Gregory R. Miller & Co., [2021] — 700.8996 SOUL OF
  • Civil Rights Queen

    Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality

    Brown-Nagin, Tomiko, 1970-
    Book, 2022New York : Pantheon Books, [2022]. — 323.092 MOTLEY C
  • Let Freedom Ring

    Stanley Tretick's Iconic Images of the March on Washington

    Kelley, Kitty
    Book, 2013New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press, 2013. — 323.1196 KELLEY K
  • Before the Movement

    the Hidden History of Black Civil Rights

    Penningroth, Dylan C.
    Book, 2023New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2023] — 973.0496 PENNINGR
  • Gordon Parks

    the New Tide, Early Work, 1940-1950

    Brookman, Philip,
    Book, 2018Washington, District of Columbia : National Gallery of Art ; Pleasantville, New York. : The Gordon Parks Foundation ; Göttingen, Germany : Steidl, 2018. — 779.092 PARKS G
  • Buses Are a Comin'

    Memoir of a Freedom Rider

    Person, Charles,
    Book, 2021New York : St. Martin's Press, 2021. — 323.092 PERSON C
  • Unseen

    Unpublished Black History From the New York Times Photo Archives

    Book, 2017New York : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2017. — 973.0496 UNSEEN