For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights

FAIN: GI-50135-09

University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD 21250-0001)
Maurice Berger (Project Director: February 2009 to October 2013)

Implementation of a traveling exhibition with a catalog, a website, and public and school programs about how photographs and media images were used to influence attitudes toward racial equality and African American culture during the fight to achieve civil rights.

Organized by the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture (CADVC) in partnership with the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights represents the first comprehensive exhibition and publication to analyze the historical role played by visual images in shaping, influencing, and transforming the fight for civil rights in the United States. It will explore the ways this imagery represented race in order to perpetuate the status quo, stimulate dialogue, or change prevailing beliefs and attitudes. It will examine the extent to which the birth of the modern civil rights movement was coextensive with the birth of television and the rise of picture magazines and other forms of visual mass media, effectively capitalizing on the power of visual images to alter perceptions about race.

Media Coverage

“Reviews/New York: For All the World to See" (Review)
Author(s): Barbara Pollack
Publication: ArtNews
Date: 10/1/2010
Abstract: This rave review of For All the World to See by art critic Barbara Pollack appeared in the print edition of Art News.

For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights (Media Coverage)
Author(s): WNET Television
Publication: WNET SundayArts
Date: 8/1/2010
Abstract: Six-minute curator tour of FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE, which appeared on the WNET SundayArts program on 1 August 2010. Profile aired on two PBS affiliates in New York/New Jersey/CT area: WNET (New York) and WLIW (Long Island). Segment, and Curator Maurice Berger were Nominated for an Emmy Award from The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, New York Chapter: Historical/Cultural: Feature Segment: “For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights,” Thirteen/WNET, Sunday Arts; Cara Cosentino, Producer, Joan Hershey, Editorial Director, Maurice Berger, Talent; February 2011.
URL: http://www.thirteen.org/sundayarts/video/art-exhibits/for-all-the-world-to-see/497/

For All the World to See (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Clarence Reynolds
Publication: The Network Journal
Date: 9/5/2011
Abstract: This is an analytical review of For All the World to See by Clarence V. Reynolds in The Network Journal, one of the leading journals about African American enterprise and business.
URL: http://www.tnj.com/departments/tnj-life/all-world-see

“For All the World to See” Taking Another Look at the Civil Rights Movement (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Arcynta Ali Childs
Publication: Smithsonian Magazine
Date: 7/11/2011
Abstract: For All the World to See on the "Around the Mall" blog of Smithsonian Magazine.
URL: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2011/07/for-all-the-world-to-see-taking-another-look-at-the-civil-rights-movement/

How Posters and Badges Spread Civil Rights (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Laura Allsop
Publication: CNN
Date: 7/1/2011
Abstract: An article and slide show about For All the World to See on CNN.
URL: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/07/01/smithsonian.images.civil.rights/index.html?iref=allsearch

For All the World to See (Review)
Author(s): Badriya Dowe
Publication: DC Examiner
Date: 6/30/2011
Abstract: A review of For All the World to See in the Washington DC Examiner.
URL: http://www.examiner.com/art-scene-in-washington-dc/for-all-the-world-to-see

Washington Talks About Race (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Joslyn Osten
Publication: Anthropology News
Date: 10/3/2011
Abstract: FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE becomes part of a Smithsonian-wide conversation on race. This piece in ANTHROPOLOGY NEWS--"Washington Talks About Race" by Joslyn Osten--explores this debate.
URL: http://www.anthropology-news.org/index.php/2011/10/03/washington-talks-about-race/

For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights (Media Coverage)
Publication: Know What's Hot DC
Date: 10/4/2011
Abstract: KNOW WHAT'S HOT DC picks FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE has a "hot" event at The Smithsonian.
URL: http://dc.knowwhatshot.com/blog/oct-4-2011-for-all-the-world-to-see-visual-culture-and-the-struggle-for-civil-rights-at-national-museum-of-american-history/

For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights (Media Coverage)
Publication: CivicSource
Date: 10/11/2011
Abstract: CivicSource, a civil engagement web portal, recomme4nds FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE
URL: http://www.civicsource.org/media/visual-culture-and-the-struggle-for-civil-rights/

For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights (Media Coverage)
Publication: The Pink Line Project
Date: 10/11/2011
Abstract: THE PINK LINE PROJECT selects FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE as the exhibition to see in DC!
URL: http://http://pinklineproject.com/event/8492

Where to Go for African American Arts and Culture (Media Coverage)
Publication: Black Entertainment Television (BET)
Date: 10/26/2011
URL: http://beta.bet.com/news/fashion-and-beauty/photos/2011/10/where-to-go-for-african-american-arts-and-culture.html#!102611-fashion-and-beauty-for-all-the-world-to-see-art

For All the World to See: The Presence of the Past (Review)
Author(s): Mr. Curiouser
Publication: Curious-er
Date: 11/24/2011
Abstract: CURIOUS-ER Recommends that parents take their children to see FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE on its last weekend at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History . . . calling it "a wonderful education for your child beaten down by pablum about Martin Luther King."
URL: http://www.curious-er.com/2011/last-weekend-for-all-the-world-to-see/

For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights (Media Coverage)
Publication: Find New York
Date: 6/1/2010
Abstract: Featured listing of For All the World to See in one of New York's most widely read visitors/tourists guide.

Exhibit Displays Images Of The Quest For Equality (Media Coverage)
Publication: Black Radio Network/Minoroty News Service
Date: 5/1/2010
Abstract: Early coverage of the For All the World to See project on Black Radio Network/Minoroty News Service.
URL: http://www.blackradionetwork.com/exhibit_displays_images_of_the_quest_for_equality

For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights (Media Coverage)
Publication: Washington City Paper
Date: 9/8/2011
Abstract: Listing of exhibition at the National Museum of American History.
URL: http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/calendar/events/show/5263/

Stage Banter: Trouble, Trouble Everywhere (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Amrita Ramanan
Publication: Arena Stage Blog (DC)
Date: 9/9/2011
Abstract: Washington DC's renowned Arena Stage recommends a visit to FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE in its Stage Banter blog.
URL: http://blog.arenastage.org/arena_stage_blogs/2011/09/trouble-trouble-everywhere.html

For All the World to See Webpage (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Yale University Press
Publication: Yale University Press
Date: 12/1/2009
Abstract: The Yale University Press webpage for the companion book to For All the World to See.
URL: http://yalepress.yale.edu/book.asp?isbn=9780300121315

"The Power of Imagery in Advancing Civil Rights" (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Arcynta Ali Childs
Publication: Smithsonian Magazine
Date: 10/1/2010
Abstract: Personal profile of curator Dr. Maurice Berger, his work on race and visual culture, and ome of the issues and personal history that led up to the creation of "For All The World To See."
URL: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/The-Power-of-Imagery-in-Advancing-Civil-Rights.html

2010 Summer Road Trip Map (Media Coverage)
Publication: Bomb Magazine
Date: 7/1/2011
Abstract: BOMB Magazine includes For All the World to See at ICP on its national 2010 Summer Road Trip Map, July 2010.
URL: http://bombsite.powweb.com/?page_id=2754

An Embarrassment of Riches: A Look at New York’s Very Best Small Museums (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Alexandra Peers
Publication: The New York Observer
Date: 9/7/2010
Abstract: The New York Observer selects For All the World to See at the International Center of Photography in its round up of New York's very best small museums.
URL: http://neptune.observer.com/2010/culture/embarrassment-riches

Scholar Wins Grant to Fund Civil Rights Book and Exhibition (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Natalie Ingleby
Publication: The Weekly Retriever
Date: 12/8/2009
Abstract: Early coverage of the project and NEH grant in UMBC's student newspaper, The weekly Retriever.
URL: http://www.retrieverweekly.com/?cmd=displaystory&story_id=5161&format=html

Scholar Wins Grant to Fund Civil Rights Book and Exhibition (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Natalie Ingleby
Publication: The Weekly Retriever
Date: 12/8/2009
Abstract: Early coverage of the project and NEH grant in UMBC's student newspaper, The weekly Retriever.
URL: http://www.retrieverweekly.com/?cmd=displaystory&story_id=5161&format=html

Sign of the Times (Media Coverage)
Publication: UMBC Magazine
Date: 1/1/2010
Abstract: Early coverage of the project in UMBC's magazine.

For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights (Media Coverage)
Publication: Curated
Date: 3/17/2010
Abstract: “For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil on the Curated magazine website.
URL: http://www.curatedmag.com/news/2010/03/17/for-all-the-world-to-see-visual-culture-and-the-struggle-for-civil-rights/

Cum au raspandit posterele drepturile civile in SUA? (Media Coverage)
Publication: 9 AM News
Date: 6/11/2011
Abstract: For All the World to See as covered by the Romanian News Service.
URL: http://www.9am.ro/top/International/214765/Cum-au-raspandit-posterele-drepturile-civile-in-SUA.html

Civil Rights Movement Showcase, “All the World can See” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Nicole Williams
Publication: Toonari Post
Date: 8/3/2011
URL: http://www.toonaripost.com/2011/08/life-style/civil-right-movement-showcase-all-the-world-can-see/

Around Town: For All the World to See (Media Coverage)
Publication: DC Metro Arts
Date: 6/10/2011
Abstract: Extended listing of For All the World to See at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History
URL: http://dcmetroarts.com/around_the_town.cfm

A Long Summer Book List (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Coco Lopez
Publication: AKACOCOLOPEZ
Date: 8/9/2011
URL: http://akacocolopez.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/a-long-summer-book-list/

International Center of Photography Presents 'For All the World to See' 5/21-9/12 (Media Coverage)
Publication: Broadway World
Date: 5/21/2010
Abstract: Press introduction to For All the World to See, published by Broadway World before opening of New York venue.
URL: http://broadwayworld.com/article/International_Center_of_Photography_Presents_For_All_the_World_to_See_521912_20100521

Curator and Scholar Maurice Berger Wins $400,000 NEH Grant (Media Coverage)
Publication: Artforum
Date: 12/8/2009

Review: "For All the World to See" (Review)
Author(s): K. A. Schwain
Publication: Choice
Date: 9/1/2010
Abstract: The American Library Association reviews the companion book for For All the World to See and names it a Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2010, in the category of Art and Architecture: "In this compelling, insightful book, cultural historian and art critic Berger (Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County) underscores the myriad ways that images in advertising, film, photojournalism, and television fashioned and fortified the modern civil rights movement from the early 1950s to the mid 1970s. Echoing cultural critic bell hooks's assertion that the struggle for black liberation was a battle for both visual and political representation, Berger demonstrates how civil rights leaders fought to replace century-old caricatures of doting mammies, entertaining dandies, and exotic primitives with positive portrayals of modern, self-assured, and successful citizens. Analyzing representations of race in the news and entertainment industries, Berger shows how black leaders orchestrated media events to ro

Curators Choose Best Exhibitions And Catalogues, 2010 (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Judith H. Dobrzynski
Publication: Arts Journal
Date: 5/18/2011
Abstract: Article announces the annual awards of the The Association of Art Museum Curators--which includes For All the World to See as the best exhibition in a University Museum--the only prizes given to curators by their peers.
URL: http://www.artsjournal.com/realcleararts/2011/05/curatorial-awards-2010.html

Summer Guide '11: June Bugs Crave Festivals and Sunshine (Media Coverage)
Publication: Washington Express (Washington Post)
Date: 5/12/2011
Abstract: The Washington Post's Express Night Out picks For All the World to See as a summer destination in DC.
URL: http://www.expressnightout.com/content/2011/05/summer-guide-11-june-bugs.php

Do You Go to the DuSable Museum During Black History Month Only? (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Shorty
Publication: Go Shorty
Date: 2/10/2011
Abstract: Go Shorty--Chicago's South Side Resource for Culture, Education, Health, and Young People--recommends For All the World to See.
URL: http://www.goshorty.net/do-you-got-to-dusable-museum-in-during-black-history-month-only

For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights at the DuSable Museum (Media Coverage)
Publication: Art Log Chicago
Date: 1/15/2011
Abstract: Read about For All the World to See at the DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago on Artlog.
URL: http://artlog.com/events/70841-for-all-the-world-to

Pamphlets, Buttons and Posters at work for civil rights (Media Coverage)
Publication: Multiliteracy Revolution
Date: 7/22/2011
Abstract: This article explores the visual literacy aspect of the For All the World to See exhibition.
URL: http://multiliteracyrevolution.wordpress.com/2011/07/22/pamphlets-buttons-and-posters-at-work-for-civil-rights/

Art and Politics: Between the Covers (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Walter Robinson
Publication: Artnet
Date: 3/30/2010
Abstract: Read about For All the World to See on Artnet in a news story by Artnet editor in chief, Walter Robinson: "Two new books tackle the subject of art and politics, a topic that is of special interest in the Shepard Fairey era. Scholar Maurice Berger’s For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights is due from Yale University Press on Apr. 20, 2010. Six years in the making, the book looks at the role played by visual images, and the rise of television and picture magazines, in the struggle for civil rights in the U.S. The publication coincides with an eponymous exhibition that opens at the International Center of Photography, May 21-Sept. 12, 2010, and subsequently appears at the two co-organizing institutions, the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., and the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in Baltimore . . ."
URL: http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/news/artnetnews/craig-robins-sues-david-zwirner-over-marlene-dumas3-23-10.asp

The Find: Images from the Civil Rights Movement (Review)
Publication: Boston Globe
Date: 4/11/2010
Abstract: A mini-review of FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE in the BOSTON GLOBE'S "The Find" column in its Sunday book review: "In 1955, the photograph of Emmett Till’s mutilated body was for many African-Americans the visual equivalent of a knock-out punch. No mainstream newspaper or magazine published the photo, but the black press did. That single image played a powerful role in building the civil rights movement, we learn in Maurice Berger’s “For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights’’ (Yale University), being published April 20 to coincide with the opening of a touring exhibit co-presented by the Smithsonian. The book also looks beyond news headlines, analyzing Walt Disney’s “Song of the South,’’ Aunt Jemima, and the 1967 TV show “Julia,’’ in which racism was mainly a thing of the past . . . "
URL: http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2010/04/11/the_find/

Maurice Berger's "For All the World to See" (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Maurice Berger
Publication: The Page 99 Test
Date: 4/15/2010
Abstract: FATWTS author Maurice Berger is the latest to be invited to take The Page 99 Test: "Open the book to page ninety-nine and read, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you."--Ford Madox Ford: "Page 99 of For All The World To See contains no text, and just a single photograph. But what a powerful image it is: a shot of a distraught Mamie Till Bradley as she views the casket of her fourteen-year old son, Emmett Till, murdered by white supremacists in Mississippi in August 1955. The photograph brings to life the book’s abiding issue: the crucial role that visual culture played in altering prevailing ideas about race, racism, and segregation in the period of the modern civil rights movement . . . "
URL: http://page99test.blogspot.com/2010/04/maurice-bergers-for-all-world-to-see.html

For All the World to See (Review)
Publication: Sunstance & Style/DC
Date: 6/8/2011
Abstract: A short introduction to the exhibition published by Substance & Style/DC.
URL: http://substanceandstyledc.wordpress.com/2011/06/08/for-all-the-world-to-see/

‘Hands on the Freedom Plow’ nets Hooks Institute Book Award (Media Coverage)
Publication: The Tri-State Defender
Date: 5/27/2011
Abstract: The Tri-State Defender reports on the 2011 National Book Award from the Benjamin L. Hooks Center for Social Justice at the University of Memphis.
URL: http://tri-statedefenderonline.com/articlelive/articles/6248/1/Hands-on-the-Freedom-Plow-nets-Hooks-Institute-Book-Award/Page1.html

NEH on the Road Announces Next Exhibition (Media Coverage)
Author(s): NEH on the Road
Publication: NEH on the Road Website
Date: 4/1/2011
Abstract: NEH on the Road officially announces for For All the World to See as the next exhibition on their roster.
URL: http://nehontheroad.org/SiteResources/Data/Templates/t2.asp?docid=564&DocName=NEWS+-+Coming+in+April+2012

Pictures of Progress (Media Coverage)
Publication: Website of UMBC
Date: 5/7/2010
Abstract: Profile of For All the World to See that just on the UMBC's university-wide website. The piece offers excellent background on the project and its curator, Maurice Berger.
URL: http://www.umbc.edu/window/progress.html

THE WEEK AHEAD | MAY 16--MAY 22 (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Karen Rosenberg
Publication: New York Times
Date: 5/16/2010
Abstract: The New York Times selects For All the World to See as its art pick for important cultural events for the week of 15 May 2010.
URL: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07E7D9153BF935A25756C0A9669D8B63&scp=18&sq=%22For+All+the+world+to+See%22+International+center+photography&st=nyt

Y la lucha por los derechos civiles se hizo mensaje (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Barbara Celis
Publication: El Pais (spain)
Date: 5/24/2010
Abstract: Read about For All the World to See, in El Pais, Spain's most widely-circulated newspaper.
URL: http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/lucha/derechos/civiles/hizo/mensaje/elpepucul/20100524elpepicul_7/Tes

Wie die Medien den Kampf um die Bürgerrechte unterstützten (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Sacha Verna
Publication: German National Radio
Date: 5/26/2010
Abstract: Hear this report on For All the World to See on German National Radio
URL: http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/kulturheute/1191052/

Black and White and Seen All Over (Review)
Author(s): Robert Leiter
Publication: The Jewish Exponent
Date: 5/27/2010
Abstract: Read a review in The Jewish Exponent of the For All the World to See book (published by Yale University Press).
URL: http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/21236/Black_and_White_and_Seen_All_Over/

Hot Picks: Black and White (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Barbara Hoffman
Publication: New York Post
Date: 5/28/2010
Abstract: Barbara Hoffman, cultural reporter of the New York Post, selects FATWTS as a hot pick for the Memorial Day weekend, 2010.

For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights (Review)
Author(s): R. Wayne Parsons
Publication: New York Photo Review
Date: 6/1/2011
Abstract: The New York Photo Review urges its readers to make a point of seeing the "excellent" For All the World to See in this review.
URL: http://www.nyphotoreview.com/NYPR_REVS/NYPR_REV388.html

Civil Rights in New York (Review)
Author(s): Eye Blog
Publication: Eye Magazine
Date: 6/10/2010
Abstract: The Eye Magazine blog calls For All the World To See a "sophisticated exhibition and a sensory delight."
URL: http://blog.eyemagazine.com/?p=552

For All the World to See: International Center of Photography (Review)
Author(s): Jill Connor
Publication: Art Quips
Date: 6/24/2010
Abstract: Review of For All the World to See in Art Quips.
URL: http://artquips.blogspot.com/2010/06/for-all-world-to-see-international.html

Strange Fruit: Visual Culture at ICP (Review)
Author(s): Laila Pedro
Publication: Idiom Magazine
Date: 6/30/2010
Abstract: IDIOM magazine writes: "There are countless exhibitions, books, films, plays, and dances, like Alvin Ailey’s seminal Revelations, that rely on image to capture the civil rights movement in the United States, especially the bloody struggles of the late fifties, sixties and seventies. The particular intelligence of this exhibition is its focus on the relationship between the image and the struggle, not only at the micro-level of its evocative emotional power, but in the broader context of the media explosion of the mid-twentieth century. To this end, 'this exhibition of 230 objects and clips from television and film examines the extent to which the rise of the modern civil rights movement paralleled the birth of television and the popularity of picture magazines and other forms of visual mass media' . . . .”
URL: http://idiommag.com/2010/06/strange-fruit-civil-rights-and-visual-culture-at-icp/

Top Twenty for May 2010 (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Walter Robinson
Publication: Artnet Magazine
Date: 5/1/2010
Abstract: Artnet selects For All the World to See as one of the twenty top national museum shows for May 2010.
URL: http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/news/ntm/ntm5-1-10.asp

For All the World to See (Media Coverage)
Publication: Humanities Magazine
Date: 5/1/2010
Abstract: Read about For All the World to See in the May/June Humanities magazine, published by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Maurice Berger on "For All the World to See" (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Will Corwin
Publication: Art on Air
Date: 9/10/2010
Abstract: Radio Interview: Will goes on location to the International Center of Photography to interview Maurice Berger, the curator and author of the exhibition and book For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights
URL: http://artonair.org/show/maurice-berger

US/Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights (Review)
Author(s): Mohamed Keita
Publication: Of Note Magazine
Date: 9/5/2010
Abstract: Review of For All the World to See in Of Note Magazine
URL: http://www.ofnotemagazine.org/?p=1701#more-1701

Two Shows at the International Center of Photography (Review)
Author(s): Rachel Somerstein
Publication: Guernica Magazine
Date: 8/10/2011
Abstract: Review of For All the World to See in Guernica: A Magazine of Art & Politics
URL: http://www.guernicamag.com/blog/1967/rachel_somerstein_two_shows_at/

Notes on Civil Rights Exhibition (Review)
Author(s): Rickiah Wingfield Kim McClurg
Publication: African American Literatures and Cultures Institute
Date: 6/29/2011
Abstract: The blog of the African American Cultures and Literatures Institute proclaims For All the World to See a "unique real-life space in history [that] will never be forgotten. [It] reminds us not only of how far we have come, but how far we still have to go."
URL: http://aalci.blogspot.com/2010/06/notes-on-civil-rights-exhibit.html

For All the World to See (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Sherri Hope Culver
Publication: National association for Media Literacy
Date: 9/11/2010
Abstract: The National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) recommends For All the World to See at the International Center of Photography in New York City. NAMLE's mission is to improve and expand the practice of media literacy education in the United States.
URL: http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs008/1101581570149/archive/1103493676982.html

Image is Everything (Review)
Author(s): Carol Ann Fitzgerald
Publication: Oxford American
Date: 7/6/2010
Abstract: The Oxford American: The Southern Magazine of Good Writing reviews For All the World to See in its "Southern Girl" blog.
URL: http://www.oxfordamerican.org/blogs/post/2010/jul/06/image-everything/

For All the World to See: Images of the Fight for Civil Rights (Review)
Author(s): Nancy Mattoon
Publication: Booktryst
Date: 1/17/2011
Abstract: Review of For All the World to See on Booktryst in which the author makes perceptive connections between the exhibition and curator Maurice Berger's personal examination of race and whiteness in America, White Lies (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999).
URL: http://www.booktryst.com/2011/01/for-all-world-to-see-images-of-fight.html

The Power of Pictures in the Struggle for Civil Rights (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Margot Adler
Publication: NPR Weekend Edition
Date: 8/1/2010
Abstract: For All the World to See on National Public Radio. Margot Adler's NPR profile of the exhibition on Weekend Edition Sunday is an exemplary piece of journalism: concise, incisive, and filled with nuance. The show aired nationally on 1 August 2010.
URL: http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2010/07/30/128873100/fatwts

Images That Steered a Drive for Freedom (Review)
Author(s): Holland Cotter
Publication: New York Times
Date: 5/20/2010
Abstract: Read Holland Cotter's front page review of For All the World to See in The New York Times.
URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/arts/design/21civil.html

Slide Show: Rights and Design (Media Coverage)
Author(s): New York Times
Publication: New York Times
Date: 5/20/2010
Abstract: Take a look at a Times slide show of some of the work in the For All the World to See exhibition.
URL: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/05/20/arts/design/20100521-civil-slideshow.html?ref=design

On and Off the Walls: For All the World to See (Review)
Author(s): Elisabeth Biondi
Publication: The New Yorker
Date: 6/4/2010
Abstract: Read about For All the World to See on The New Yorker "Photo Booth" blog in this review and slide show by New Yorker visuals editor in chief, Elisabeth Biondi.
URL: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2010/06/for-all-the-world-to-see.html

Goings On About Town: For All the World to See (Review)
Author(s): Vince Aletti
Publication: The New Yorker
Date: 8/2/2011
Abstract: Read Vince Aletti's excellent short-form review of For All the World to See in the print edition of The New Yorker: INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY 1133 Sixth Ave., at 43rd St. (212-857-0000)—“For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights.” Taking his cue from Gordon Parks, the curator Maurice Berger has organized a shrewd, sophisticated show that posits the camera—and the proliferation of black images in pop culture—as a crucial weapon in shaping public opinion and motivating change in America before and during the civil-rights era. His evidence is rich and varied, including film clips of Paul Robeson, Amos ’n’ Andy, the March on Washington, Malcolm X, and the Supremes, as well as a wide array of printed matter, from copies of Ebony, Jet, and Sepia to a poster for “Shaft.” The murder of fourteen-year-old Emmett Till, in 1955, and the publication of pictures of his mutilated corpse, is the exhibition’s terrible turning point. In what Berger calls the mo
URL: http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/art/2010/08/02/100802goar_GOAT_art

Lasting Impressions: 'For All the World to See,' at National Museum of American History (Review)
Author(s): Stephen Deusner
Publication: Wasghinton Express (Washington Post)
Date: 6/30/2011
URL: http://www.expressnightout.com/content/2011/06/smithsonian-civil-rights-exhibition-for-all-the-world-to-see.php

Black Like Me:In Pictures (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Trymaine Lee
Publication: AOL Black Voices
Date: 6/9/2011
Abstract: An analysis of For All the World to See by the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Trymaine Lee that places the project in the context of the African American community, both historically and in the present.
URL: http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/06/09/black-like-us-in-pictures/

“For All the World To See” Explores the Impact of Visual Culture of the 1960s. (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Jacqueline Trescott
Publication: Washington Post
Date: 6/9/2011
Abstract: A profile in the Washington Post of the exhibition and curator of For All the World to See at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/for-all-the-world-to-see-explores-the-impact-of-visual-culture-of-the-1960s/2011/06/08/AGSZnLNH_blog.html

For All the World to See (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Yale University Press
Publication: Yale Press Log
Date: 2/28/2011
Abstract: A smart article about For All the World to See on the Yale Press Log
URL: http://yalepress.typepad.com/yalepresslog/2011/02/for-all-the-world-to-see.html

What Gets Saved: For All the World to See (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Marvin Heiferman
Publication: Smithsonian Archives Blog: The Bigger Picture
Date: 2/10/2011
Abstract: Read about the forthcoming arrival of For All the World to See at the Smithsonian on the Smithsonian Archives blog, "The Bigger Picture."
URL: http://blog.photography.si.edu/2011/02/10/for-all-the-world-to-see/

For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Paula Wasley
Publication: National Endowment for the Humanities
Date: 2/1/2011
URL: http://www.neh.gov/news/archive/02012011.html

Associated Products

For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights (Exhibition)
Title: For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights
Curator: Maurice Berger
Abstract: For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights is organized by the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, University of Maryland, Baltimore County in partnership with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Through a host of media—including photographs, television and film, magazines, newspapers, posters, books, and pamphlets—the project explores the historic role of visual culture in shaping, influencing, and transforming the fight for racial equality and justice in the United States from the late-1940s to the mid-1970s. For All the World to See includes a traveling exhibition, website, online film festival, and richly illustrated companion book.
Year: 2010
Primary URL: http://www.umbc.edu/cadvc/foralltheworld/index.php
Primary URL Description: Comprehensive website of the FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE project; it includes an online version of the exhibition, book page, online film festival, full-dress educational resources page (including 11 curriculum guides for K-12, Adults, and Families, and a news and events page.

Prizes

Choice Outstanding Academic Title, Art & Architecture, 2010
Date: 9/20/2010
Organization: American Library Association
Abstract: The American Library Association named For All The World To See: Visual Culture and Struggle For Civil Rights (Yale,2010) a Choice Outstanding Academic Title, Art and Architecture, 2010

Emmy Award (Nomination)
Date: 2/17/2011
Organization: National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, New York Chapter
Abstract: The PBS Sunday Arts segment about For All the World to See that aired in August 2010 was nominated for a New York Emmy Award in the category of HISTORICAL/CULTURAL: PROGRAM FEATURE/SEGMENT. Both Cara Cosentino, segment producer, and FATWTS curator Maurice Berger were nominated for their work on the piece.

Finalist, National Book Award
Date: 5/20/2011
Organization: Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change, University of Memphis
Abstract: The companion book of For All the World to See was named as a finalist for the National Book Award of the Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change of the University of Memphis. The award recognizes a publication that best advances an understanding of the American civil rights movement and its legacy.

Curatorial Award of Excellence, The Outstanding Exhibition in a University Museum, 2010
Date: 5/18/2011
Organization: Association of Art Museum Curators
Abstract: Maurice Berger, the curator and project director of For All the World to See, received a curatorial award for the Outstanding Exhibition in a University Art Museum 2010 from the Association of Art Museum Curators in a ceremony at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The AAMC prizes are among the highest honor afforded museum curators in the United States and Canada and the only awards voted on by curators themselves. Each year our awards stand as the high-water mark for acknowledging the exemplary work of curators from across North America, “ says Sally Block, Executive Director of the Association of Art Museum Curators, “What is most impressive is the these are the only awards given to curators by their peers.” In addition to FATWTS, this year's winners include curators from the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Cincinnati Art Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, and the Dallas Museum of Art.

FACT SHEET: For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights (Article)
Title: FACT SHEET: For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights
Title: “Reviews/New York: For All the World to See"
Author: UMBC
Abstract: University Fact Sheet for the For All the World to See project
Abstract: Review of Exhibition: ARTnews, October 2010, pp. 105-6
Year: 2011
Primary URL: http://www.umbc.edu/fatwts/
Primary URL Description: This fact sheet provides the UMBC community with up to date information about the For All the World to See project, including national venues, news about its NEH on the Road iteration, press, events, and other activities.
Access Model: Internet
Format: Other
Publisher: University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Online Film Festival: FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE (Article)
Title: Online Film Festival: FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE
Title: "Goings on About Town: For All the World to See"
Author: Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture
Author: Maurice Berger, David Roediger, and Michele Wallace
Abstract: Book Page for For All the World to See Project
Abstract: Exhibition Review: "The New Yorker, 26 July 2010, p. 9; reprinted 6 September, p. 11
Year: 2010
Primary URL: http://www.umbc.edu/cadvc/foralltheworld/film/index.php
Primary URL: http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/art/2010/08/02/100802goar_GOAT_art?currentPage=2
Primary URL Description: For All the World to See: Film and the Struggle for Civil Rights is an online festival that explores film’s role in examining the problem of racism and segregation and in influencing the historic fight for racial equality and justice. The nature of film—stories that are played out over time in scenes that are sometimes long and complex—makes its presentation unsuited to the environment of the museum exhibition. Thus, the film component of For All the World to See will concentrate on complete works, as opposed to the fast-paced clips from television and newsreels featured in the exhibition and on the website. The festival’s online format allows you to experience it in your home—or at school or in the library—since most of the titles are commercially available on DVD. Its seventeen films are accompanied by short essays that discuss their relevance and connection to the civil rights movement.
Format: Other
Publisher: CADVC/UMBC and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Publisher: CADVC/UMBC

For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights (Web Resource)
Title: For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights
Author: Maurice Berger
Abstract: Comprehensive website for the For All the World to See project.
Year: 2010
Primary URL: http://www.foralltheworldtosee.org

For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights (Book)
Title: For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights
Author: Maurice Berger
Abstract: The companion book for the For All the World to See project
Year: 2010
Primary URL: http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=9780300121315
Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut
Type: Single author monograph
ISBN: 9780300121315

Prizes

Outstanding Academic Title 2010, Art and Architecture
Date: 9/20/2011
Organization: American Library Association, CHOICE Magazine

Finalist, National Book Award
Date: 5/20/2011
Organization: Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change, University of Memphis

For All the World to See (Exhibition)
Title: For All the World to See
Curator: ///
Abstract: Curatorial award
Year: 2011

Prizes

Curatorial Award
Date: 6/10/2011
Organization: Association of Art Museum Curators
Abstract: Maurice Berger, the curator and project director of All the World to See, received a curatorial award for the Outstanding Exhibition in a University Art Museum 2010, from the Association of Art Museum Curators in a ceremony at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

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