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 Van Vechten, Carl, Byrd, Rudolph P
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Athens University of Georgia Press 1993
Edition1
Subjects
1880-1964
African Americans
Biography
Connecticut
New Haven
Photograph collections
Portraits
Van Vechten, Carl
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ISBN9780820315584
0820315583

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