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‘The statements that comprise this book were elicited from the teenage participants in a camp experience at the Encampment for Citizenship in White Plains during the summer of 1969.
The editor, Preston Wilcox, was serving as discussion leader when this book was conceived. The illustrations were developed separately by Sandy Huffaker.’
In 1970 White Is was a powerful statement. Over 50 years later its power has not diminished, even though memories of the featured people may have faded.
The illustrations are funny, and grotesque, and tragic.
The words were the truth of a diverse group of teenagers in1969 who would be over 70yrs when #BlackLivesMatter.
It has become another reminder of what has changed and what has not.
• Page-by-page notes about the illustrations and context [Work-in-progress!]
• Encampment for Citizenship:
Education for Democratic Living – an online exhibition from Virginia Commonwealth University library
Encampment for Citizenship – today
White Is
Preston Wilcox, Editor Illustrations by Sandy Huffaker Published 1970 by Grove Press ©1970 Grove Press, Inc. and Preston Wilcox
This online reproduction of White Is has been made possible by the kind permission of Grove/Atlantic, Inc., and the estates of
Preston Wilcox 1923-2006, and
Sandy Huffaker 1943-2020.
Creative Commons Licence
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1 October 2022, during Black History Month in Scotland and the events of the Govanhill Baths Community Trust.