12 Million Black Voices

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 1560254467 ISBN13: 9781560254461 Release Date: December 2002 Publisher: Basic Books Length: 166 Pages Weight: 0.75 lbs. Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.9" x 9.9" 12 Million Black Voices, first published in 1941, combines Wright's prose with startling photographs selected by Edwin Rosskam from the Security Farm Administration files compiled during the Great Depression. The photographs include works by such giants as Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, and Arthur Rothstein. From crowded, rundown farm shacks to Harlem storefront churches, the photos depict the lives of black people in 1930s America--their misery and weariness under rural poverty, their spiritual strength, and their lives in northern ghettos. Wright's accompanying text eloquently narrates the story of these 90 pictures and delivers a powerful commentary on the origins and history of black oppression in this country. Also included are new prefaces by Douglas Brinkley, Noel Igna