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Racial Realities: a photographic questioning of equality in America,1940-1983

Organized by: Addison Gallery of American Art
01/13/1984 - 03/07/1985

This Exhibition includes the following Venues:

Phillips Exeter Academy 01/02/1985 - 03/07/1985

Exhibition Objects (23)

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Image of Al Jolson

anonymous - Al Jolson 1987.497

Image of Billie Holiday, Recording Studio, N.Y.C.

Milton Hinton - Billie Holiday, Recording Studio, N.Y.C. 1985.37

Image of Charleston, South Carolina

Robert Frank - Charleston, South Carolina 1989.77.13

Image of Chillin Out

Rudolph R. Robinson - Chillin Out 1984.229

Image of Clarksdale, Mississippi

Danny Lyon - Clarksdale, Mississippi 1984.245

Image of Coltrane and Elvin, New York

Roy DeCarava - Coltrane and Elvin, New York 1985.86

Image of Coretta and Martin Luther King

Henri Cartier-Bresson - Coretta and Martin Luther King 1987.328

Image of Dancers, New York

Roy DeCarava - Dancers, New York 1985.85

Image of Gallup Indian Community Center

Roswell Angier - Gallup Indian Community Center 1987.425b

Image of Hallway, New York

Roy DeCarava - Hallway, New York 1985.87

Image of James Meredith after being shot with bird shot

Jack R. Thornell - James Meredith after being shot with bird shot 1987.550

Image of Lynching, Marion, Indiana

Lawrence H. Beitler - Lynching, Marion, Indiana 1987.413

Image of Man in Window, New York

Roy DeCarava - Man in Window, New York 1985.88

Image of North Carolina

Elliott Erwitt - North Carolina 1986.19

Image of Shakedown, Ramsey Prison TDC

Danny Lyon - Shakedown, Ramsey Prison TDC 1984.247

Image of Soiling of Old Glory, Boston City Hall

Stanley Forman - Soiling of Old Glory, Boston City Hall 1987.347

Image of South Boston, Massachusetts

Eugene Richards - South Boston, Massachusetts 1985.38

Image of Street Boy

Rudolph R. Robinson - Street Boy 1984.228

Image of The Line, Ferguson Unit TDC

Danny Lyon - The Line, Ferguson Unit TDC 1984.246

Image of Trolley, New Orleans

Robert Frank - Trolley, New Orleans 1984.5

Image of Try Black

Rudolph R. Robinson - Try Black 1984.227

Image of U.S. Marine, Hughes, Arkansas

Eugene Richards - U.S. Marine, Hughes, Arkansas 1974.77

Image of Untitled

Eugene Richards - Untitled 1974.16

Artists (13)

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anonymous
Danny Lyon (Brooklyn, NY, Mar 16, 1942 - )
Elliott Erwitt (Paris, France, Jul 26, 1928 – Nov 29, 2023, New York, NY)
Eugene Richards (Dorchester, MA, Apr 25, 1944 - )
Henri Cartier-Bresson (Chanteloup,Seine-et-Marne, France, Aug 22, 1908 - August 3, 2004, Céreste (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France))
Jack R. Thornell (Vicksburg, Mississippi, Aug 29, 1939 - )
Lawrence H. Beitler (active in Marion, ID, active 1930s - 1961or 1963 [see Embark] >)
Milton Hinton (Vicksburg, MS, Jun 23, 1910 - Dec 19, 2000, Queens, NY)
Robert Frank (Zurich, Switzerland, Nov 9, 1924 - Sept 9, 2019, Inverness, Nova Scotia)
Roswell Angier (New Haven, CT, Dec 2, 1940 - )
Roy DeCarava (New York, NY, Dec 9, 1919 - Oct 27, 2009, New York, NY)
Rudolph R. Robinson (Philadelphia, PA, 1938 - Dec 20, 1987, Boston , MA)
Stanley Forman (Winthrop, MA, July 10, 1945 - )

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