The Movement: Bob Adelman and Civil Rights Era Photography

January 19 – May 17, 2014

Exhibition

Image Gallery

The Movement: Bob Adelman and Civil Rights Era Photography installation view.

The Movement: Bob Adelman and Civil Rights Era Photography

In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, NSU Art Museum presented an exhibition featuring the imagery of renowned photographer Bob Adelman. Adelman’s unique vantage point at the forefront of the Civil Rights movement led him to produce some of that era’s most iconic images. The Movement featured 100 black-and-white and color photographs, the exhibition provides a context in which viewers can revisit these years of struggle and consider how and why certain images have become emblematic of the era.

The Movement: Bob Adelman and Civil Rights Era Photography is presented by AutoNation. Additional support provided by Simkins Hollis Law Group, PC, in loving memory of Dr. Anna Atkins Simkins, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Committee, Inc, the Community Foundation of Broward and W Fort Lauderdale
Media Partner CBS4.

Organized by NSU Art Museum as part of its Foto Fort Lauderdale initiative and curated by Peter Boswell.

Image: Bob Adelman, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King Outside Montgomery on the Fourth Day of the March, Alabama Route 80, 1965, courtesy of the photographer.

Exhibitions at NSU Museum of Art are supported by the David and Francie Horvitz Family Foundation Challenge Grant with additional funding provided, in part, by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners, as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council and Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau; the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs; and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.