The Resource Bluff City : the secret life of photographer Ernest Withers, Preston Lauterbach
Bluff City : the secret life of photographer Ernest Withers, Preston Lauterbach
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- Summary
- "The little-known story of an iconic photographer, whose work captured--and influenced--a critical moment in American history. Ernest Withers took some of the most legendary images of the 1950s and 60s: Martin Luther King Jr. riding a newly integrated bus in Montgomery, Alabama; Emmett Till's uncle pointing an accusatory finger across the courtroom at his nephew's killer. But from his position at the heart of the cultural revolution, Withers was simultaneously gathering information for the FBI. Withers traversed disparate worlds, from Black Power meetings to raucous Memphis nightclubs where Elvis brushed shoulders with B. B. King. In this gripping narrative history, Preston Lauterbach examines the complicated political and economic forces that supported Withers' seeming betrayal of those he witnessed, and suggests that Withers' attention to nuance--so arresting in his photography--also made him essential to the FBI. Bluff City culminates with a riveting account of the 1968 riot that led to Dr. King's death, and investigates how Withers may have altered the course of this momentous event"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 339 pages
- Contents
-
- Don't touch anything
- The pictures tell the story
- Holding on to Jerusalem Slim
- I am a man
- Isbn
- 9780393247923
- Label
- Bluff City : the secret life of photographer Ernest Withers
- Title
- Bluff City
- Title remainder
- the secret life of photographer Ernest Withers
- Statement of responsibility
- Preston Lauterbach
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The little-known story of an iconic photographer, whose work captured--and influenced--a critical moment in American history. Ernest Withers took some of the most legendary images of the 1950s and 60s: Martin Luther King Jr. riding a newly integrated bus in Montgomery, Alabama; Emmett Till's uncle pointing an accusatory finger across the courtroom at his nephew's killer. But from his position at the heart of the cultural revolution, Withers was simultaneously gathering information for the FBI. Withers traversed disparate worlds, from Black Power meetings to raucous Memphis nightclubs where Elvis brushed shoulders with B. B. King. In this gripping narrative history, Preston Lauterbach examines the complicated political and economic forces that supported Withers' seeming betrayal of those he witnessed, and suggests that Withers' attention to nuance--so arresting in his photography--also made him essential to the FBI. Bluff City culminates with a riveting account of the 1968 riot that led to Dr. King's death, and investigates how Withers may have altered the course of this momentous event"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- LBSOR/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lauterbach, Preston
- Dewey number
-
- 323.092
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Withers, Ernest C
- African American photographers
- Photojournalists
- African American civil rights workers
- Informers
- Label
- Bluff City : the secret life of photographer Ernest Withers, Preston Lauterbach
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-319) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Don't touch anything -- The pictures tell the story -- Holding on to Jerusalem Slim -- I am a man
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 339 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393247923
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2018032872
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- 2018032872
- 675389
- Label
- Bluff City : the secret life of photographer Ernest Withers, Preston Lauterbach
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-319) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Don't touch anything -- The pictures tell the story -- Holding on to Jerusalem Slim -- I am a man
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 339 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393247923
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2018032872
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- 2018032872
- 675389
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