Baker, Courtney,

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.


Electronic books.

E185.61 / .B354 2015eb

305.896/0730222