Soiling of Old Glory : The Story of a Photograph That Shocked America

English

ISBN: 1596916001

EAN: 9781596916005

Category: Education / History/Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies/Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural/Social Science / Discrimination & Race Relations/Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication/History / United States / 20th Century/Photography / Photojournalism/Political Science / Political Process / Political Advocacy/

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Release Date: 01/08/2009

Synopsis: Sometimes a moment can change history. This one took 1/250th of a second.Boston, April 5, 1976. As the city simmered with racial tension over forced school busing, newsman Stanley Forman hurried to City Hall to photograph that days protest, arriving just in time to snap the image that his editor would title The Soiling of Old Glory. T he photo made headlines across the United States and won Forman his second Pulitzer Prize. I t shocked Boston, and America: Racial strife had not ended with the 1960s, it was alive and well in the cradle of liberty. Louis P. Masurs evocative biography of a photograph unpacks this arresting image in a tour de force of historical writing.

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Soiling of Old Glory : The Story of a Photograph That Shocked America

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.72 inches

Width: 5.54 inches

Length: 8.29 inches

Weight: 7.87 oz

Pages: 240