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- catalog abstract "As the world prepared for the Exposition Universalle de 1900 in Paris, W.E.B. Du Bois was approached to help represent African American life. He came with a cache of stunning photographs to illustrate the progress of Negroes in America-thereby offering a photographic counterpoint to the prolific stereotyping of blacks that left viewers awestruck. With insights from Pulitzer Prize winner David Levering Lewis and Mac-Arthur Fellow photo historian Deborah Willis, A Small Nation of People presents more than one hundred and fifty of these important photographs together for the first time since their initial unveiling. Here is an incredible treasure trove of illustrations of African Americans in front of their new businesses, universities, and homes-sometimes modest, sometimes elegant. Here, too, are beautiful Victorian-era portraits of blacks whose varied hues show how diverse black Americans truly were. Viewed together, the collection reveals in glorious detail what Du Bois saw-a small nation of people prepared to make their mark on America.".
- catalog contributor b13006231.
- catalog contributor b13006232.
- catalog contributor b13006233.
- catalog contributor b13006234.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description "A small nation of people : W.E.B. Du Bois and Black Americans at the turn of the twentieth century / by David Levering Lewis -- The sociologist's eye : W.E.B. Du Bois and the Paris Exposition / by Deborah Willis -- Selections from the photographs at the Exposition des Nègres d'Amérique, "Exhibit of American Negroes," Paris Exposition, 1900.".
- catalog description "As the world prepared for the Exposition Universalle de 1900 in Paris, W.E.B. Du Bois was approached to help represent African American life. He came with a cache of stunning photographs to illustrate the progress of Negroes in America-thereby offering a photographic counterpoint to the prolific stereotyping of blacks that left viewers awestruck. With insights from Pulitzer Prize winner David Levering Lewis and Mac-Arthur Fellow photo historian Deborah Willis, A Small Nation of People presents more than one hundred and fifty of these important photographs together for the first time since their initial unveiling. Here is an incredible treasure trove of illustrations of African Americans in front of their new businesses, universities, and homes-sometimes modest, sometimes elegant. Here, too, are beautiful Victorian-era portraits of blacks whose varied hues show how diverse black Americans truly were. Viewed together, the collection reveals in glorious detail what Du Bois saw-a small nation of people prepared to make their mark on America.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-200).".
- catalog extent "208 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0060523425 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Amistad,".
- catalog spatial "Georgia".
- catalog subject "305.896/073/009034022 21".
- catalog subject "African Americans Georgia Portraits.".
- catalog subject "African Americans Georgia Social conditions 20th century Pictorial works.".
- catalog subject "African Americans Social conditions To 1964 Pictorial works.".
- catalog subject "Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963.".
- catalog subject "E185.86 .S6325 2003".
- catalog subject "Exposition universelle internationale de 1900 (Paris, France)".
- catalog tableOfContents "A small nation of people : W.E.B. Du Bois and Black Americans at the turn of the twentieth century / by David Levering Lewis -- The sociologist's eye : W.E.B. Du Bois and the Paris Exposition / by Deborah Willis -- Selections from the photographs at the Exposition des Nègres d'Amérique, "Exhibit of American Negroes," Paris Exposition, 1900.".
- catalog title "A small nation of people : W.E.B. Du Bois and African American portraits of progress / Library of Congress ; with essays by David Levering Lewis and Deborah Willis.".
- catalog type "Pictorial works. fast".
- catalog type "Portraits. fast".
- catalog type "text".