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12 Million Black Voices

de Richard Wright, Edwin Rosskam (Photo-Direction)

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Originally published in 1948, 12 Million Black Voices pairs Richard Wright's beautiful prose with stunning photographs from the Farm Security Administration's files from the Great Depression. The images, curated by Edwin Rosskam, include photographs shot by legendary American artists like Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, and Arthur Rothstein, adding a visual dimension to Wright's incisive commentary on the origins and history of black oppression in America. From dusty rural villages to northern ghettos, 12 Million Black Voices is an unflinching portrayal of the lives that many black Americans lived in the 1930s. Depicting remarkable spiritual fortitude and resilience in the face of crushing poverty and hostile government policies, 12 Million Black Voices is a testament to the strength of black communities, giving voices and faces to a population that is too often invisible in the annals of American history. (review blurbs)"Among all the works of Richard Wright, 12 Million Black Voices stands out as a work of poetry, of passion, of lyricism, and of love" -David Bradley"Short text and picture folk history of the Black American, in which the author of Native Son writes a burning commentary on three centuries of slavery, persecution, and want...Edwin Rosskam, the photographic editor, reinforces the text with superb photographs" -The New Yorker"A more eloquent statement of its kind could hardly have been devised¿ flawless prose that takes on at times the quality of a folksong" -The New York Times Book Review… (més)
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(book #62 from 2022):
12 Million Black Voices by Richard Wright
Photo-Direction: Edwin Rosskam (selected and edited the FSA photographs for the text)
published: 1941
format: 148-page large size paperback with photos
acquired: December 24, 2022 read: Dec 25, 2022 time reading: 2:58, 1.2 mpp
rating: 4½
genre/style: historical manifesto with photos theme: Richard Wright
locations: United States (especially Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma, Chicago and Washington, D.C.)
about the author: American author born on a Mississippi plantation in 1908

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But the photographs...

Called poetic or elegant prose, this is really a kind of historical manifesto on the crimes of America against African Americans, contextualized as an economic power struggle between the wealthiest (whites), and on the manipulation of poor white tensions by directing them towards white/black divisions. The photographs, almost all depression-era images from the FSA, are magnificent. Terrific text/photo combo.

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Richard Wright had just published two very successful books when this came out. Born in the south, when he moved to Chicago in 1927 he became involved in the Communist party, partially because the party was actively non-racist. It allowed him access to a community of intellectuals who would help him develop as a writer and thinker. In 1937 he moved to New York, where the party was more openly racist, and where he began to drift from the party (partially because he felt he needed more time to write). In 1949 he would openly write an essay on being an ex-communist.

I mention that because his Communist thinking may lie in the subtext here. This is not a Communist work, but it is what I would call a manifesto, and is a history presented within mainly an economic context. The history of American racism is placed with the history of American economic power struggles - both the struggles between northern and southern wealth, where blacks formed the economic backbone of the south, and in the control of masses by the wealthy by redirecting white angst away from the wealthy and towards blacks instead. (That is by creating American white privilege.)

It's also interesting because even the craziest stuff is entirely accurate (as far as I could tell).

Regarding the FSA photos: The Farm Security Administration is mostly known for sponsoring famous Depression-era photographers, like Walker Evans. Edwin Rosskam poured through these highend collections to select the photographs to match this text. Almost all the photographs are FSA.

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This is a nice book. Anyone interested should pursue a physical copy to better appreciate the photographs and the text/photo mixture.

2022
https://www.librarything.com/topic/347061#8028148 ( )
  dchaikin | Jan 7, 2023 |
A book that is appropriate for a wide variety of ages from adults to upper elementary that documents black history in the U.S. from the period of slavery through the period preceeding the civil rights movement. Photography complements the writing. I found this to be very informative about the unfair housing practices in northern urban areas that were used to keep blacks in poverty throughout generations. ( )
  blancaflor | Dec 14, 2007 |
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Originally published in 1948, 12 Million Black Voices pairs Richard Wright's beautiful prose with stunning photographs from the Farm Security Administration's files from the Great Depression. The images, curated by Edwin Rosskam, include photographs shot by legendary American artists like Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, and Arthur Rothstein, adding a visual dimension to Wright's incisive commentary on the origins and history of black oppression in America. From dusty rural villages to northern ghettos, 12 Million Black Voices is an unflinching portrayal of the lives that many black Americans lived in the 1930s. Depicting remarkable spiritual fortitude and resilience in the face of crushing poverty and hostile government policies, 12 Million Black Voices is a testament to the strength of black communities, giving voices and faces to a population that is too often invisible in the annals of American history. (review blurbs)"Among all the works of Richard Wright, 12 Million Black Voices stands out as a work of poetry, of passion, of lyricism, and of love" -David Bradley"Short text and picture folk history of the Black American, in which the author of Native Son writes a burning commentary on three centuries of slavery, persecution, and want...Edwin Rosskam, the photographic editor, reinforces the text with superb photographs" -The New Yorker"A more eloquent statement of its kind could hardly have been devised¿ flawless prose that takes on at times the quality of a folksong" -The New York Times Book Review

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