A past that won't rest : images of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi

A past that won't rest Images of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi

Jim Lucas, 1944-1980

Book - 2018

A Past That Won't Rest: Images of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi collects never-before-published photographs taken by Jim Lucas (1944-1980), an exceptional documentary photographer. His black and white images, taken during 1964 through 1968, depict events from the civil rights movement including the search for the missing civil rights workers in Neshoba County, the Meredith March Against Fear, Senator Robert F. Kennedy's visit to the Mississippi Delta, and more. The photographs exemplify Lucas's technical skill and reveal the essential truth in his subjects and the circumstances surrounding them.

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Subjects
African American civil rights workers > Alabama > Birmingham > Biography > Pictorial works.
Civil rights movements > Mississippi > History > 20th century > Pictorial works.
African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > History > 20th century > Pictorial works.
Mississippi > Race relations > Pictorial works.
Biographies.
Illustrated works.
Genres
Biographies
Illustrated works
Published
Jackson : University of Mississippi Press [2018]
Language
English
Main Author
Jim Lucas, 1944-1980 (photographer)
Other Authors
Charles L. Overby (writer of foreword), Howard Ball, 1937- (contributor), Aram Goudsouzian, Stanley Nelson, 1955 September 18-, Ellen B. Meacham, Peter B. Edelman, Robert E. Luckett
Physical Description
xvii, 153 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN
9781496816511
  • Foreword / by Charles l. Overby
  • Freedom summer, Neshoba county, 1964 / Howard Ball
  • The Meredith March against fear, Yazoo county, 1966 / Aram Goudsouzian
  • Murder in Natchez, 1967 / Stanley Nelson
  • US senate hearings on poverty and Robert F. Kennedy's visit to the Mississippi delta, 1967 / Ellen B Meacham with a comment by Peter Edelman
  • Conflict and change, bombs and boycotts
  • Robert E. Luckett Jr.
Review by Choice Review

Lucas covered some of Mississippi's most significant civil rights events, including Freedom Summer, the search for the murdered civil rights workers, James Meredith's March against Fear, the murder of Wharlest Jackson, and Robert F. Kennedy's visit to the Delta, along with numerous other events from marches to boycotts. Lucas's widow, Jane Hearn, saved and restored her husband's photographs for traveling exhibits and a website, and now they are compiled in this beautiful book. Each set of black-and-white photographs is accompanied by an essay providing historical and artistic context to the images. The photographs range in scope from broad--scenes of marches and large gatherings--to the breathtakingly intimate. Wharlest Jackson, Jr., attends his father's funeral, unshed tears shining in his eyes, and stares directly into Lucas's lens. Civil rights attorney Marian Wright is shown in profile, her hands clasped, illuminated from behind as she testifies about poverty. This book would be a worthwhile and valuable addition to any library's civil rights or photography collections. Summing Up: Recommended. All readership levels. --DeeDee Baldwin, Mississippi State University Libraries

Copyright American Library Association, used with permission.

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