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====Date: [[:Category:1995 | ====Date: [[:Category:1995|1995]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]==== | |||
====Subject: [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]]==== | |||
====Medium: [[:Category:Photography|Photography]]==== | |||
====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 | '''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 | '''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> | |||
'''Location:''' Library of Congress, Washington D.C. | |||
'''Description of Artwork:''' A collection of rare photographs depicting slavery and plantation life in the American South before the Civil War entitled | |||
'''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> | '''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> | '''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 | '''Source:''' The Boston Globe, December 23, 1995 | ||
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[[Category:North America]] | [[Category:North America]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion]] | ||
[[Category:Photography]] | [[Category:Photography]] | ||
[[Category: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]] | [[Category: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]] | ||
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