And I Said No Lord
Joel Katz
And I Said No Lord:
A 21–year–old in Mississippi
in 1964
This book dates from 1964, when
Joel Katz spent seven weeks in
Mississippi photographing and
writing during “Freedom Summer” for his Scholars of the House
project at Yale. It focuses on the
daily lives of ordinary people and
the racial tensions at a pivotal
time in America’s history.
Winner of the Strong Prize in American Literature,
Yale College, 1965
174± pages, 8.5 x 7.25”, 85 photographs
Tuscaloosa, AL, University of Alabama Press
2014