We Shall Overcome: Steve Schapiro on James Baldwin

All the grief, grit, and unassailable dignity of the civil rights movement are evoked in this illustrated edition of James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time, with photographs by Steve Schapiro. Together, Baldwin’s frank account of the black experience and Schapiro’s vital images offer poetic and potent testimony to one of the most important struggles of American society.

Steve Schapiro is a distinguished photographer whose pictures have graced the covers of Vanity FairTimeSports IllustratedLifeLookParis Match, and People, and are found in many museum collections. He has published several books of his work, including American EdgeSchapiro’s HeroesThe Godfather Family AlbumTaxi Driver, Then and NowBowie, and, most recently, Misericordia. Many of his iconic images have been used for the posters and ad campaigns of such classic films as Midnight CowboyTaxi DriverThe Way We Were, and Godfather Part III.











When: Wed., Jul. 31, 2019 at 7:00 pm
Where: McNally Jackson
52 Prince St.
212-274-1160
Price: Free
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All the grief, grit, and unassailable dignity of the civil rights movement are evoked in this illustrated edition of James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time, with photographs by Steve Schapiro. Together, Baldwin’s frank account of the black experience and Schapiro’s vital images offer poetic and potent testimony to one of the most important struggles of American society.

Steve Schapiro is a distinguished photographer whose pictures have graced the covers of Vanity FairTimeSports IllustratedLifeLookParis Match, and People, and are found in many museum collections. He has published several books of his work, including American EdgeSchapiro’s HeroesThe Godfather Family AlbumTaxi Driver, Then and NowBowie, and, most recently, Misericordia. Many of his iconic images have been used for the posters and ad campaigns of such classic films as Midnight CowboyTaxi DriverThe Way We Were, and Godfather Part III.

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