Leonard Freed: Black in White America 1963–1965

Edited by Michael Shulman, Tony Nourmand. Foreword by Eli Reed.

The definitive collection of Leonard Freed’s seminal and timely 1968 civil rights photo-essay, in a fresh and expanded edition.

In 1961, Leonard Freed was on assignment in Berlin. He photographed a Black soldier standing in front of the wall. The irony of this soldier defending the USA on foreign soil while Black Americans at home were fighting for their civil rights was not lost on Freed. He returned to the States in 1963 to photograph the March on Washington and began a journey to document Black communities in the North and South living within a deeply segregated and racist country.

Leonard Freed’s seminal civil rights photo essay, Black in White America, was first published in 1968. This newly expanded and redesigned edition includes unseen photographs, as well as Freed’s most iconic images and is the definitive collection of his photographs from the time. The images have never been printed in such quality before, the clarity of print serving to bring home the singular power of Freed’s talent as a documentarian.

Hardcover, 9.5 x 12.5 in. / 224 pgs / 160 bw.