Generations in Black and White Photographs from the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection

This portfolio of eighty-three photographs constitutes a stunning celebration of African American achievement in the twentieth century. Carl Van Vechten, a longtime patron of black writers and artists, took these photographs over the course of three decades-primarily as gifts to his subjects, such l...

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Main Authors Byrd, Rudolph P, Vechten, Carl Van
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published University of Georgia Press 2014
Subjects
20th Century
African American Studies
African Americans
Art & Art History
Biography
Connecticut
Ethnic Studies
HISTORY
New Haven
Photoessays & Documentaries
Photograph collections
PHOTOGRAPHY
Portraits
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Sociology
United States
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880–1964
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ISBN9780820346175
0820346179
0820346993
9780820346991
9780820315584
0820315583

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter Table of Contents List of Portraits Acknowledgments Introduction The Portraits Index
  • Index The Portraits Introduction List of Portraits Acknowledgments Cover Title Page, Copyright, Dedication Contents