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March 2, 2010
Road to Freedom-Breach of Peace at the Skirball
Book Clubs have fallen in love with the novel The Help by Kathryn Stockett. Literary Affairs invites you to a Beyond the Book Experience at the Skirball Cultural Center. Join us on a private docent led tour of the exhibits Road to Freedom and Breach of Peace. These wonderful exhibits are a perfect way to expand the discussion of the civil rights issues brought up by the characters in this current bestselling novel.
***THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT*** Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956–1968 Featuring nearly 170 unforgettable images by more than thirty-five photographers, Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956–1968 tracks a crucial episode in American social and political history. Poignant and deeply affecting, the photographs in this exhibition portray historical turning points such as the Montgomery bus boycott (1956), the Freedom Rides to the Deep South (1961), the March on Washington (1963), the Selma-to-Montgomery march (1965), the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. (1968), and the Poor People's Campaign (1968). Some of the photographs have never been displayed to the public. On view are images by recognized names such as Bob Adelman, Morton Broffman, Bruce Davidson, Doris Derby, Larry Fink, James Karales, Danny Lyon, Builder Levy, and Steve Schapiro, as well as by press photographers and amateurs. Visitors will have the opportunity to experience the power of these images firsthand and learn more about the photographs' pivotal role in shaping public opinion, promoting solidarity, and raising awareness of injustice. The photographs are complemented by sound recordings of music and speeches, artifacts, and other archival materials that provide historical context. The Skirball has added a new section to the exhibition that documents the struggle for civil rights here in Los Angeles; among the local events portrayed are the picketing of the Kress Store in Pasadena (1960) and the Watts Riots (1965). The exhibition also includes a documentary film, produced especially for the Skirball's presentation of Road to Freedom, that illuminates the unified efforts of the Jewish and African American communities to achieve justice for all during the Civil Rights movement. Breach of Peace: Photographs of Freedom Riders by Eric Etheridge Breach of Peace, a companion to the exhibition Road to Freedom, displays forty contemporary portraits by photographer Eric Etheridge of Freedom Riders, who, in 1961, converged on Jackson, Mississippi to challenge state segregation laws. Their noble efforts were met with fierce hostility, and many of the young men and women were arrested and convicted of the charge "breach of the peace." Breach of Peace displays Etheridge's photographs of several Freedom Riders, now senior citizens, alongside their original mug shots. The exhibition examines their involvement in the Civil Rights movement, takes a look at who they are today, and shares their unique perspectives on that historical period. Breach of Peace originated as part of the High Museum of Art's Road to Freedom exhibition, but has been expanded for the Skirball presentation to encompass related historical objects, including student activist buttons and newspaper clippings.  Event Info
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