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Let your motto be resistance : African American portraits / Deborah Willis ; introduction, Lonnie G. Bunch III ; afterword, Marc Pachter ; essays, Cheryl Finley, Sarah Elizabeth Lewis ; poems, Elizabeth Alexander ; biographies, Frank H. Goodyear III, Ann M. Shumard, Frederick S. Voss ; commentaries, Kirsten P. Buick ... [et al.].

Willis, Deborah, 1948- (Author). National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) (Added Author). National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution) (Added Author). International Center of Photography. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9781588342423 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1588342425 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781588342461 (softcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1588342468 (softcover : alk. paper)
Physical Description: 183 p. : ill. ; 32 cm.
Publisher: [Washington D.C.] : National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institute : c2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:

"Inaugural exhibition of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in collaboration with the National Portrait Gallery and the International Center of Photography."

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreword: A collaboration / Lonnie G. Bunch III, Willis E. Hartshorn, Marc Pachter -- Introduction / Lonnie G. Bunch III -- The photographic portrait: constructing an ideal / Deborah Willis -- American idols / Sarah Elizabeth Lewis -- Postscript: M is for memory / Cheryl Finley -- Biographies / Ann M. Shumard, Frank H. Goodyear III, Frederick S. Voss -- Afterword / March Pachter -- Index of photographers -- Commentaries : Edmonia Lewis / Kirsten P. Buick ; Paul Robeson / P. Sterling Stuckey ; Coleman Hawkins / David C. Levy ; Muhammad Ali / William C. Rhoden -- Poems / Elizabeth Alexander : Carver's song ; Toomer ; The black woman speaks ; Abuela watches television ; Stokely and Adam ; Jazz funeral, New Orleans.