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In 1962, white photojournalist Leonard Freed was on assignment in Berlin. He photographed an African-American soldier standing in front of the wall. The irony of this soldier defending the USA on foreign soil while African-Americans at home were fighting for their civil rights resonated with Freed. From 1963 to 1965, he captured the plight of African Americans; the great struggle for racial equality within a deeply segregated, racist society. The photographs are accompanied by text from Freed's original diaries.

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Leonard Freed's seminal book, ""Black in White America,"" gets revamped and republished. It's as relevant as ever.--Kenneth Dickerman ""Washington Post"" Leonard was one of the doorkeepers to the historical reality of the times. I did not see his book until a few months after my high school graduation and it was a visible truth- teller presence that opened the door to an informed reality of what was going on in the Black community.--Eli Reed ""Magnum Photos"" The hopes, struggles, challenges, degradations, joy, and sorrow that Black people in the United States have historically faced are on full display in Freed's work--Michael D. Shulman ""Magnum Photos"" The definitive collection of Leonard Freed's seminal civil rights photo essay, first published in 1968. On the eve of another US election, in which voting rights are under attack, it still feels sadly relevant today.-- ""Guardian"" A fundamental document of those years, now republished to mark another pivotal juncture in the struggle for racial justice...looking hard at the division that defined it. Some of those pictures - of a corridor of black hands reaching through prison bars, of mass rallies demanding an end to police brutality - could have been taken this summer.--Tim Adams ""Guardian""

A fundamental document of those years, now republished to mark another pivotal juncture in the struggle for racial justice...looking hard at the division that defined it. Some of those pictures - of a corridor of black hands reaching through prison bars, of mass rallies demanding an end to police brutality - could have been taken this summer.--Tim Adams Guardian

Leonard was one of the doorkeepers to the historical reality of the times. I did not see his book until a few months after my high school graduation and it was a visible truth- teller presence that opened the door to an informed reality of what was going on in the Black community.--Eli Reed Magnum Photos The hopes, struggles, challenges, degradations, joy, and sorrow that Black people in the United States have historically faced are on full display in Freed's work--Michael D. Shulman Magnum Photos Leonard Freed's seminal book, Black in White America, gets revamped and republished. It's as relevant as ever.--Kenneth Dickerman Washington Post The definitive collection of Leonard Freed's seminal civil rights photo essay, first published in 1968. On the eve of another US election, in which voting rights are under attack, it still feels sadly relevant today.-- Guardian A fundamental document of those years, now republished to mark another pivotal juncture in the struggle for racial justice...looking hard at the division that defined it. Some of those pictures - of a corridor of black hands reaching through prison bars, of mass rallies demanding an end to police brutality - could have been taken this summer.--Tim Adams Guardian

"Leonard Freed's seminal book, ""Black in White America,"" gets revamped and republished. It's as relevant as ever.--Kenneth Dickerman ""Washington Post"" Leonard was one of the doorkeepers to the historical reality of the times. I did not see his book until a few months after my high school graduation and it was a visible truth- teller presence that opened the door to an informed reality of what was going on in the Black community.--Eli Reed ""Magnum Photos"" The hopes, struggles, challenges, degradations, joy, and sorrow that Black people in the United States have historically faced are on full display in Freed's work--Michael D. Shulman ""Magnum Photos"" The definitive collection of Leonard Freed's seminal civil rights photo essay, first published in 1968. On the eve of another US election, in which voting rights are under attack, it still feels sadly relevant today.-- ""Guardian"" A fundamental document of those years, now republished to mark another pivotal juncture in the struggle for racial justice...looking hard at the division that defined it. Some of those pictures - of a corridor of black hands reaching through prison bars, of mass rallies demanding an end to police brutality - could have been taken this summer.--Tim Adams ""Guardian"""

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