Mes Yeux Ont Vu est un témoignage sur une époque, un peuple et une cause - celle des Noirs américains, de leur lutte, dans les années 1960, pour la reconnaissance de leurs droits civiques. Chronique passionnée de l'histoire récente des États-Unis, ce livre raconte avec émotion les humiliations, les sacrifices et les combats d'une communauté noire trop longtemps bafouée, soumise à un climat d'hostilité et de violence. À Birmingham, à Selma, à Washington, Bob Adelman était là : il était à côté de Martin Luther King, aux discours de Malcolm X et à son enterrement, dans la rue et aux défilés. Il était là aussi, dans le ghetto de Bed Stuy, dans les...
The exhibition will show vintage photographs of the struggle for racial equality. Among the photographers, you can discover Bob Adelman, James Karales, Charles Moore or Flip Schulke.
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James Karales - Bobby Simmons on the Selma to Montgomery march - 1965
Flip Schulke - The climatic moment of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech, when he declared,
"Free at last! Free at last! Thank god almighty, we are free at last" - August 28, 1963
James Karales - "Get Right With God" sign on Highway 80 on the Selma to Montgomery march - 1965
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Signs and protests were inseparable in the 1960s. Like a visual bullhorn, they both amplified and unified the voices fighting injustice. This exhibition includes photographs that feature protest signs, as well as images of the larger culture of resistance surrounding them, with an emphasis on Civil Rights leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Stokely Carmichael.
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In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, NSU Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale will present an exhibition featuring the imagery of renowned photographer Bob Adelman. Adelman’s unique vantage point at the forefront of the Civil Rights movement led him to produce some of that era’s most iconic images. The Movement: Bob Adelman and Civil Rights Era Photography, presented by AutoNation, will be on view at NSU Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale from January 19 – May 17, 2014. Featuring 100 black-and-white and color photographs, the exhibition will provide a context in which viewers can revisit these years of struggle and consider how and why certain images have become emblematic of the era.
In conjunction with the exhibition, the Museum will present a series of special programs a...