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Book - Black in White America 

Leonard Freed 

In 1962 Leonard Freed went to Berlin to shoot the wall being erected. There he saw an African American soldier standing in front of the wall and it struck him; that at home in the US, African Americans were struggling for civil rights, and here in Germany an African American soldier was ready to defend the USA.

This prompted a lengthy examination by Freed of the plight of the African Americans at home in the United States. Freed traveled to New York, Washington, D.C. and all throughout the South, capturing images of a segregated and racially-entrenched society. The photos taken at that time were... 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. New Orleans. 1963. 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. Washington, D.C. 1963. The house where Abraham Lincoln died.... 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. New Orleans, Louisiana. 1963.

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. New York City. 1963. Harlem. 

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WEST GERMANY. West Berlin. 1965. An American soldier stand guard... 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. New Orleans, Louisiana. 1963.

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. New York City. NY. 1963. A young boy plays "tough" in the... 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. Alabama. Selma & Montgomery. 1963. Police watch pickets... 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. Washington, D.C. August 28, 1963. The March on Washington.... 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. New York City. 1963. Harlem. 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. Harlem. NY. 1963. The fire hydrants are opened during the... 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. New Orleans, Louisiana. 1963. City prison. 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. South Carolina. 1963. Christmas night watch. 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. South Carolina. 1963. All night prayer and Gospel meeting... 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. NYC. Brooklyn. Bedford Stuyvesant area. Evangelists, revival... 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. South Carolina. 1963. All night prayer and Gospel meeting... 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. South Carolina. 1963. All night prayer and Gospel meeting... 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. South Carolina. 1963. Christmas night watch. 

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USA. South Carolina. 1963. 

Leonard Freed 2009

USA. South Carolina. 1963. 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. South Carolina. 1963. Christmas night watch. 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. New York City. 1963. Harlem. 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. New Orleans, Louisiana. 1963.

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. New Orleans. 1963. 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. 1963. What the barber pole is to the barber shop, the black... 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. 1963. What the barber pole is to the barber shop, the black... 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. New Orleans, Louisiana. 1963.

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. New York City. 1963. Coney Island boardwalk. 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. New York City. 1963. 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. South Carolina. 1963. Church service in a black community.... 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. Louisiana. Jazz Funeral in New Orleans 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. North Carolina. 1963. Street preacher. 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. Louisiana. New Orleans. Segregation in services and shops.... 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. North and South Carolina. 1963. To circumvent the anti-discrimination... 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. Louisiana. New Orleans. A woman entering a segregated laundramat... 

Leonard Freed 1963

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. Louisiana. New Orleans. Segregation in apartments. 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. New Orleans. 1963. 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. New Orleans, Louisiana. 1963. City prison. 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. New Orleans, Louisiana. 1963. Segregated ward in prison.... 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. New Orleans, Louisiana. 1963.

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. North and South Carolina. 1963. On the other side of the... 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. North Carolina. 1963. Poor rural family. 

Leonard Freed 1963

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. North and South Carolina. 1963. The massive superfluity... 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. South Carolina. Charleston. 1963. 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. South Carolina. 1963. Sisters. 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. South Carolina. Poor family on John's Island. 

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USA. South Carolina. 1963. 

Leonard Freed 1963

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. South Carolina. 1963. 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. North and South Carolina. 1963. 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. South Carolina. 1963. 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. John's Island, South Carolina. 1963. Poor family. 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. New Orleans. 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. Georgia. 1963. Children selling flowers and decorations... 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. New York City. 1963. 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. New York City. 1963. 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. Alabama. Selma & Montgomery. 1963. 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. South Carolina. Charleston. 1963. 
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