Object number:
A67.137.97543
Object name:
book
Title:
12 Million Black Voices: A Folk History of the Negro in the United States
Maker:
Edwin Rosskam, Richard Wright
Date made:
1941
Material / Technique:
Ink on paper, bound with cloth
Dimensions:
H: 10.25 in, W: 7.125 in, D: 0.875 in
Credit line:
Gift of Paul S. Taylor
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Physical description:
Hardcover book.
Content description:
Book about black history, featuring photographs by Lange of black agricultural workers in the South in the 1930s. This copy was in Lange's personal library.
Concepts:
civil rights; African American; racism; photography
Persons:
Dorothea Lange; Richard Wright; Edwin Rosskam
Currently on display in the Gallery of California Art
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