Respect Existence or Expect Resistance: Civil Rights Era Photographs from the Collection

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Mar 11 2017 - Jul 30 2017

Drawn from the Addison’s permanent collection, the 38 photographs assembled here not only bear witness to a seminal period in American history but also attest to the important role photography played in the Civil Rights movement.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.

  • Photography
  • American
  • 20th Century
  • Ernest C. Withers
  • Elliott Erwitt
  • Jack R. Thornell
  • Stephen Shames
  • Gordon Parks
  • James Karales
  • Danny Lyon
  • and others

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