Let Freedom Ring: Stanley Tretick's Iconic Images of the March on Washington - Couverture rigide

Kelley, Kitty

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1250021464 ISBN 13 : 9781250021465

Editeur : Thomas Dunne Books, 2013

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Revue de presse :

Praise for Let Freedom Ring: Turn to any page and you're likely to be moved - and reminded of work yet to be done, as Children's Defense Fund founder Marian Wright Edelman manages to do so effectively in her introduction.... Kelley's lean text, respectfully subordinated to the largely joyous, strikingly candid images by her old friend Tretick, vividly evokes a time when this nation was pregnant with both conflict and promise. -Christian Science Monitor. Fifty years later, a stirring evocation of the 1963 March on Washington.... Fine photos, concise text, including excerpts from remarks of the day, and a solid view of the Kennedy administration dragged into the American future.--Kirkus Readers are given an intimate portrait of the weeks leading up to the march, as well as iconic images of the day. Tretick (1921-1999) was a master at capturing his subjects with depth and humanity.... The book is a welcome marker of a seminal moment in American history. -Publishers Weekly Praise for Stanley Tretick: President Kennedy's photographic Boswell. --Look Magazine Praise for the work of Kitty Kelley: Kelley has relentlessly probed the intersections between fame, wealth, and influence, raising hackles every time. --New York Times Book Review. If I had to choose between Kitty Kelley's version . . . and, say, Tom Brokaw's, I'd put more trust in the little blonde lady to tell me the truth without fear or favor. --Village Voice. The most eye-opening celebrity biography of our time.William Safire on His Way: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra --Various

Présentation de l'éditeur :

It was a Wednesday - August 28, 1963 - but people wore their Sunday best, despite the heat and humidity. The marchers, black and white, celebrity and unknown, came in droves from all over the nation, heading for the towering spire of the Washington Monument in D.C. All of them shared the same dream: freedom and equality for 19 million African Americans. Almost 300,000 strong, they had come to Washington, D.C., from around the world to bear witness and to petition Congress to pass the President's Civil Rights bill. Stanley Tretick, a seasoned photojournalist of immense talent who had earned his stripes taking many of the most popular photos of President Kennedy and his family, was also in the crowd, drawing inspiration from the historic scenes unfolding before him. In this magnificent book, just in time for the fiftieth anniversary of the March on Washington, his iconic, stirring photographs of that day are collected for the first time. Accompanied by an insightful essay and captions from bestselling author Kitty Kelley that provide a fascinating behind-the-scenes narrative of the March, this beautiful keepsake of a book brings America at her best vibrantly to life.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Thomas Dunne Books
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1250021464
• ISBN 13: 9781250021465
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224