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Girl in Black and White
The Story of Mary Mildred Williams and the Abolition Movement
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2020
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-0-393-35827-8 (ISBN)
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-0-393-35827-8 (ISBN)
An “engrossing narrative history” (Joanna Scutts, The Lily) of the enslaved girl whose photograph transformed the abolition movement.
When a decades-long court battle resulted in her family’s freedom in 1855, seven-year-old Mary Mildred Williams unexpectedly became the face of American slavery. Due to generations of sexual violence, Mary’s skin was so light she “passed” as white—a fact abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner knew would be the key to his white audience’s sympathy. Girl in Black and White restores Mary to her rightful place in history, “probing issues of colorism and racial politics” (New York Times Book Review) that still affect us profoundly today.
When a decades-long court battle resulted in her family’s freedom in 1855, seven-year-old Mary Mildred Williams unexpectedly became the face of American slavery. Due to generations of sexual violence, Mary’s skin was so light she “passed” as white—a fact abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner knew would be the key to his white audience’s sympathy. Girl in Black and White restores Mary to her rightful place in history, “probing issues of colorism and racial politics” (New York Times Book Review) that still affect us profoundly today.
Jessie Morgan-Owens is the dean of studies at Bard Early College in New Orleans, Louisiana. A photographer with the team Morgan & Owens, she received her doctorate from New York University and lives in New Orleans with her family.
Erscheinungsdatum | 05.08.2020 |
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Zusatzinfo | 20 black-and-white illustrations |
Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 140 x 211 mm |
Gewicht | 275 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-393-35827-5 / 0393358275 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-393-35827-8 / 9780393358278 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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