For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Documenting Civil Rights

       This series is about the: For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights exhibit on temporary display at the Sioux City Public Museum in downtown Sioux City, Iowa. The exhibit runs through the middle of October 2015.

        The exhibit portrays the struggle for civil rights in the United States from more than one side. Some parts of the exhibit may not be pleasant to view but is important to show all audiences as a method of informing and educating. Some of the photos are graphic and some of the artifacts may be interpreted to symbolize hatred, bigotry and racism but these symbols do not reflect the opinions and attitude of the blog author. It is important to show these things because it is vital to show the success of the modern Civil Rights movement.

Documenting Civil Rights:

Previous articles in the series:
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Introduction
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Who was Jim Crow?
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Black Out - Whiteness, Safety, and the Cold War
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Ready to Serve: The Mainstream Ideal, A Culture of Stereotypes
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Invisible Man: Relentless Whiteness
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, The Dawn of Civil Rights: Clowns Servants & Invisible Men
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Protesting Pictures
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, The Culture of Positive Images
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Where are all the Dolls Like Me?
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, The Cult of Portraiture
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, The Need for Hero's
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Broadcasting Race
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Julia
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Sports Hero's
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, The Variety Format
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Taking Control: Local Black Television
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Taking Control: Rethinking Blackness
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Black Panther Party
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Gordon Parks

For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Images of Everyday Life
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Our Lives Today
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, The Lynching of Emmett Till
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, A Letter from Birmingham Jail
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, The Movement

For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, The Movement

        This series is about the: For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights exhibit on temporary display at the Sioux City Public Museum in downtown Sioux City, Iowa. The exhibit runs through the middle of October 2015.

        The exhibit portrays the struggle for civil rights in the United States from more than one side. Some parts of the exhibit may not be pleasant to view but is important to show all audiences as a method of informing and educating. Some of the photos are graphic and some of the artifacts may be interpreted to symbolize hatred, bigotry and racism but these symbols do not reflect the opinions and attitude of the blog author. It is important to show these things because it is vital to show the success of the modern Civil Rights movement.

The Movement:

Previous articles in the series:
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Introduction
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Who was Jim Crow?
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Black Out - Whiteness, Safety, and the Cold War
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Ready to Serve: The Mainstream Ideal, A Culture of Stereotypes
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Invisible Man: Relentless Whiteness
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, The Dawn of Civil Rights: Clowns Servants & Invisible Men
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Protesting Pictures
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, The Culture of Positive Images
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Where are all the Dolls Like Me?
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, The Cult of Portraiture
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, The Need for Hero's
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Broadcasting Race
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Julia
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Sports Hero's
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, The Variety Format
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Taking Control: Local Black Television
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Taking Control: Rethinking Blackness
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Black Panther Party
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Gordon Parks

For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Images of Everyday Life
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Our Lives Today
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, The Lynching of Emmett Till
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, A Letter from Birmingham Jail

Sioux City: Seth Thomas Clock Movement, E. C. Simmons Company Warehouse, 1906

The former E. C. Simmons Company Warehouse is now the Sioux City Hard Rock Casino and Hotel. When it was the warehouse company it was one of only two buildings in or near downtown that had a clock tower. The other building was the federal courthouse and post office, which today is Sioux City City Hall. The clock that was in the warehouse clock tower was a Seth Thomas Clock Movement. The clock had not been operational for years and was removed when the hotel and casino were built. This exhibit on dispaly at the Sioux City Public Museum shows how the clock worked: