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Author Masur, Louis P.

Title The soiling of Old Glory : the story of a photograph that shocked America / Louis P. Masur.

Publication Info. New York : Bloomsbury Press : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2008.

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  974.461 MASUR    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  974.4 MAS    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  974.4 MAS    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  974.461 MASUR    Check Shelf
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 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  974.461 MASUR    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  974.461 MAS    Check Shelf
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Edition First U.S. edition.
Description xiv, 224 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-216) and index.
Contents The incident -- Boston and busing -- The photograph -- Old Glory -- The impact -- Reverberations.
Summary April 5, 1976. As Boston simmered with tension over forced school busing, one photo made headlines. Examine the power of photography and the iconic value of the flag, as it opens a dramatic window onto the turbulent issue of race in America.
Subject Boston (Mass.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Flags -- Desecration -- United States -- Pictorial works.
Photojournalism -- Social aspects -- United States -- Case studies.
Photojournalism -- Political aspects -- United States -- Case studies.
Protest movements -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 20th century.
Busing for school integration -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Interviews.
White people -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Interviews.
Interviews -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 9781596913646 alkaline paper
1596913649 alkaline paper
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