The Soiling of Old Glory

The Soiling of Old Glory
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 241
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ISBN-10 : 9781596918542
ISBN-13 : 1596918543
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Book Synopsis The Soiling of Old Glory by : Louis P. Masur

Download or read book The Soiling of Old Glory written by Louis P. Masur and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boston, April 5, 1976. As the city simmered with racial tension over forced school busing, newsman Stanley Forman photographed a white protester outside City Hall assaulting an African American attorney with the American flag. The photo shocked Boston, made front pages across the U.S. and won a Pulitzer Prize. Acclaimed historian Louis P. Masur has done extensive research, including personal interviews with those involved, to reveal the unknown story of what really happened that day and afterward. This evocative "biography of a photograph" unpacks this arresting image to trace the lives of the men who intersected at that moment, to examine the power of photography and the meaning of the flag, and to reveal how a single picture helped change race relations in Boston and America. The Soiling of Old Glory, like the photograph itself, offers a dramatic window onto the turbulence of the 1970s and race relations in America.


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