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12 Million Black Voices | Richard Wright, Edwin Rosskam, United States. Farm Security Administration

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The author of Native Son paired with three photographers in the 1930s to chronicle black life in America and this book was the result--a vivid portrait of African-American life, from sharecroppers in Mississippi to storefront churches in Harlem. Reprint.

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12 Million Black Voices | Richard Wright, Edwin Rosskam, United States. Farm Security Administration

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But the photographs...

Called poetic or elegant prose, this is really a kind of historical manifesto on the crimes of America against African Americans, contextualized as an economic power struggle between the wealthiest (whites), and on the manipulation of poor white tensions by directing them towards white/black divisions. The photographs, almost all depression-era images from the FSA, are magnificent. Terrific text/photo combo.

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12 Million Black Voices | Richard Wright, Edwin Rosskam, United States. Farm Security Administration

Found this in my mailbox this morning, a 🕎 present for myself. I‘ve started reading. What the back of the book calls “beautiful prose” is so far a historical manifesto of the legacy of slavery, mixed with magnificent depression era FSA photography. Originally published in 1941.

Tamra Wow, that looks amazing! 2y

Graywacke @Tamra it‘s quite special (so far). The photographs, on their own…Wow. 2y

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