Photography on the Color Line: W. E. B. Du Bois, Race, and Visual Culture

(Part of the a John Hope Franklin Center Book Series)

by Shawn Michelle Smith

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Through a rich interpretation of the remarkable photographs W. E. B. Du Bois compiled for the American Negro Exhibit at the 1900 Paris Exposition, Shawn Michelle Smith reveals the visual dimension of the color line that Du Bois famously called "the problem of the twentieth century." Du Bois's prize-winning exhibit consisted of three albums together containing 363 black-and-white photographs, mostly of middle-class African Americans from Atlanta and...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0822333430

ISBN13:9780822333432

Release Date:June 2004

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:225 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Related Subjects

African-American Studies Arts, Music & Photography Discrimination & Racism Photography Race Relations Specific Demographics

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