Marching to the Freedom Dream by Dan Budnik – SIGNED

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Collection of Dan Budnik’s color and black-and-white photographs documenting three seminal marches during the Civil Rights movement.

ISBN: 9781907112478

Hardcover, 300 pages

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Marching To The Freedom Dream presents American photojournalist Dan Budnik’s significant body of work documenting three seminal marches of the civil rights movement. It is published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and precedes the 50th anniversaries of the Selma-Montgomery March and the Voting Rights Act in 2015. An introduction to the book is written by prolific civil rights activist, Harry Belafonte.

The book begins with the peaceful Youth March for Integrated Schools in 1958, organised by Harry Belafonte and Bayard Rustin, where the White House gates were rudely slammed in the faces of the petitioners. We then move to the iconic March On Washington in August 1963, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr delivered his monumental “I Have a Dream” speech.

The book culminates with the unprecedented and triumphant 54 mile Selma to Montgomery March in 1965. This was Dr. King’s greatest achievement where he led marchers, which at times swelled to 1000’s of people when safety conditions permitted, through some of the most segregated areas of rural Alabama, the heart of racist Dixie. Budnik’s images capture the non-violent solidarity of the participants. He salutes the diversity and passion of the marchers ranging from all walks of life who were willing to serve and sacrifice.

Alongside Budnik’s black and white photographs, his newly found colour work has been included in the volume, with his own handwrittencaptions accompanying the images, providing a more contextual and personal information on the marches’ participants.

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Weight 3.5 lbs
Dimensions 10 × 9.25 × 1.25 in

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