Imprisoned in a Luminous Glare: Photography and the African American Freedom Struggle

In Imprisoned in a Luminous Glare, Leigh Raiford argues that over the past one hundred years, activists in the black freedom struggle have used photographic imagery both to gain political recognition and to develop a different visual vocabulary about black lives. Offering readings of the use of photography in the anti-lynching movement, the civil rights movement, and the black power movement, Imprisoned in a Luminous Glare focuses on key transformations in technology, society, and politics to understand the evolution of photography's deployment in capturing white oppression, black resistance, and African American life.

Author: Leigh Raiford
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 08/01/2013
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781469609782

About the Author
Raiford, Leigh: - Leigh Raiford is associate professor of African American studies at the University of California, Berkeley.