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====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 | ||
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'''Location:''' Library of Congress, Washington D.C., The United States of America | '''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> | |||
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'''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> | ||