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From the Montgomery bus boycotts to the Poor People's Campaign in Washington—guest curator Makeda Best outlines some of the images on view in American Job: 1940–2011, which, as Forbes says, "underscores the enduring connections between labor and human rights."
Visit to learn more about the history of labor and its deep ties to politics, activism, and resistance.
Images:
1: Installation view © Jeenah Moon
2: Dan Weiner, Bus boycott. Montgomery, Alabama, 1956. Museum Purchase, International Fund for Concerned Photography, 1974 (1012.1974)
3: Dan Weiner, [Bus boycott, Montgomery, Alabama], 1956.
4: Unidentified Photographer, [Crowd, the Poor People's Campaign, Washington, DC], May–June 1968. Museum Purchase, 2002 (670.2002.94)
5: Gordon Parks, [Steps of Lincoln Memorial littered with debris after March on Washington], August 28, 1963. The LIFE Magazine Collection, 2005 (1643.2005) © Gordon Parks
From the Montgomery bus boycotts to the Poor People's Campaign in Washington—guest curator Makeda Best outlines some of the images on view in American Job: 1940–2011, which, as Forbes says, "underscores the enduring connections between labor and human rights."
Visit to learn more about the history of labor and its deep ties to politics, activism, and resistance.
Images:
1: Installation view © Jeenah Moon
2: Dan Weiner, Bus boycott. Montgomery, Alabama, 1956. Museum Purchase, International Fund for Concerned Photography, 1974 (1012.1974)
3: Dan Weiner, [Bus boycott, Montgomery, Alabama], 1956.
4: Unidentified Photographer, [Crowd, the Poor People's Campaign, Washington, DC], May–June 1968. Museum Purchase, 2002 (670.2002.94)
5: Gordon Parks, [Steps of Lincoln Memorial littered with debris after March on Washington], August 28, 1963. The LIFE Magazine Collection, 2005 (1643.2005) © Gordon Parks
