Marking the forty-fifth anniversary of the desegregation of
Savannah, this book celebrates the civil rights photographs of
Frederick C. Baldwin. First exhibited at the Telfair in 1983 under
the title, " . . . We Ain't What We Used to Be": Photographs by
Frederick C. Baldwin, these historically and aesthetically
important images have recently been exhibited again, accompanied by
an enhanced and expanded catalogue. Baldwin's images chronicle
crucial events in the civil rights movement from voter registration
drives to meetings in the longshoreman's hall to public marches and
demonstrations, culminating in a visit to Savannah by Martin Luther
King Jr.
Baldwin depicted the local Ballot Bus; the exhaustive efforts to
convince potential voters to register and the resulting long lines
of African Americans at the courthouse; protest marches and prayer
meetings; and finally, the transcendent moment of King's visit to
Savannah. Today, Baldwin's photographs serve as potent reminders of
the struggle for equality in Savannah and as evidence of the
powerful role of photography in documenting and validating that
struggle. The book also contains numerous interviews with and
comments of Savannahians who were active in the events of the
period.
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