Humane insight : looking at images of African American suffering and death /
Courtney R. Baker.
- 1 online resource (161 pages) : illustrations.
- New Black Studies Series .
- New Black studies. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Slavery's suffering brought to light: New Orleans, 1834 -- Framed and shamed: looking at the lynched body -- Emmett Till, justice, and the task of recognition -- Civil rights and battered bodies -- A litany for New Orleans, 2005.
9780252097591 (e-book)
African Americans--Violence against--History--Pictorial works. African Americans--Social conditions--Pictorial works. Documentary photography--Social aspects--History.--United States Photojournalism--Social aspects--History.--United States Empathy--Social aspects--History.--United States Racism--History--United States--20th century.