Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement

Many who has read the "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave," feel that the narrative of oppression goes right to the heart of humankind.  The fight for recpect and justice for disadvantaged groups continues and will be remembered through writing and images. From the end of March to the beginning of August photographs from the Civil Rights Movement will be shown at The Bronx Museum of the Arts.

The exhibit "Road to Freedom" at The Bronx Museum of the Arts chronicles the American Civil Rights Movement.  Road to Freedom presents 150 vintage photographs that refer to events and a social movement aimed at abolishing acts of racial discrimination between 1954 to 1968.

According to The Bronx Museum of the Arts: "Road to Freedom is the most comprehensive collection of photographic prints and related artifacts ever devoted to the subject and was organized by the High Museum of Art in Atlanta to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination."

The exhibit will show photographs by almost fifty photographers.  Featured images will be work by Bob Adelman, James Karales, Morton Broffman, Bruce Davidson and Danny Lyon.

The catalogue, Road to Freedom, includes two of Builder Levy's photographs. http://www.builderlevy.com

Builder Levy was featured in my previous post. He shared his photography and personal reflections on his experiences with the people of the Appalachian coal mining communities.

Let us all celebrate the human spirit. The exhibition is open from March 28, 2010 - August 11, 2010.

THE BRONX MUSEUM OF THE ARTS

1040 GRAND CONCOURSE
AT 165TH STREET
BRONX, NEW YORK

In case you missed it, here is video to the ABC TV news interview with
Builder Levy' about his photographs & the exhibit.