Bibliograph

A beautiful ghetto, Devin Allen

Type

Label

A beautiful ghetto, Devin Allen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A beautiful ghetto

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1201668917

Responsibility statement

Devin Allen

Summary

On April 18, 2015, the city of Baltimore erupted in mass protests in response to the brutal murder of Freddie Gray by police. Devin Allen was there, and his iconic photos of the Baltimore uprising became a viral sensation. In these stunning photographs, Allen documents the uprising as he strives to capture the life of his city and the people who live there. Each photo reveals the personality, beauty, and spirit of Baltimore and its people, as his camera complicates popular ideas about the "ghetto." Allen's camera finds hope and beauty doing battle against a system that sows desperation and fear, and above all, resistance, to the unrelenting pressures of racism and poverty in a twenty-first-century American city.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Freddie Gray's Baltimore / D. Watkins -- The boisterous demand of Black Baltimore / Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor -- The Freddie we never knew / Wes Moore -- Critique, pictures, and progress / Aaron Bryant -- My Baltimore / Gail Allen-Kearney -- Poems by Tariq Touré -- Ode to Flamin' Hot Cheetos / Wallace Lane -- A beautiful ghetto -- Spaces of the un-entitled -- Uprising

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