Tag Archives: Freedom Riders

the fifties: getting funky with disaffection

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Dave

Must we be nostalgic about the 1950′s? Hardly the Golden Age many make it out to be. If we turn over the shiny stone, there were more than a few creepy-crawlers underneath… James Dean created a character who reflected the … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged 1950's American Civil Rights movement, Arthur Shore, Autherine Lucy, Charles Mingus, David Dennis Freedom Rider, Freedom Riders, James Dean, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Martin Luther King, Orval Faubus, paul schutzer photography, senator joseph mccarthy, Thurgood Marshall | Leave a comment

the wheels of justice turn ever so…

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: this is from the front page of the tacoma news tribune on monday, may 14, 2012. that fella (apparently being garroted by former tacoma mayor bill baarsma) is an old pal of mine name of dennis flannigan. … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged art chantry, bill baarsma tacoma, dennis flannigan freedom rider, Dennis Flannigan Safe Streets Program, dennis flannigan tacoma, Freedom Riders, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Pierce County Alliance, Tacoma News Tribune, university of puget sound | Leave a comment

exposure barely controlled

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Dave

Came across some photographs by Paul Schutzer this week and it was an eye stopper. I would put him up there with Henri Cartier-Bresson and Helen Levitt in terms of personal understanding; he seems to fall into the kind of … Continue reading →