View source for Back of the Big House: The Cultural Landscape of the Plantation

====Date: [[:Category:1995|1995]]====

====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]====

====Subject: [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]]====

====Medium: [[:Category:Photography|Photography]]====
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'''Artist:''' The exhibit was put together by MA state representative Byron Rushing, George Washington University professor John M. Vlach, and Library of Congress librarian James H. Billington

'''Confronting Bodies:''' Library of Congress employees, Rushing, Vlach, Library administration

'''Date of Action:''' December 1995

'''Location:''' Library of Congress, Washington D.C., The United States of America
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'''Description of Artwork:''' A collection of rare photographs depicting slavery and plantation life in the American South before the Civil War entitled ''Back of the Big House: The Cultural Landscape of the Plantation''. The photographs displayed home life and work in slavery - showing images of the craft skills of slaves and their personal lives. Explanations for the photographs were drawn from interviews of former slaves and the reconstruction of former slave cabins. <P>

'''The Incident:''' The exhibit, which had been shown without controversy at five locations, was opened in the Library in the afternoon. Library employees complained, perhaps still stinging from a recent class action settlement against the library for discrimination as far back as 1971. <P>
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'''Results of Incident:''' Five hours after opening, the exhibit was cancelled. Four other exhibitions of the show were planned following the exhibition in the Library of Congress in Maryland, Virginia and Texas.  <P>

'''Source:''' The Boston Globe, December 23, 1995

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