Abstract
In the early 1960's the scenery was set up for a revolutionary movement opened by the Civil Rights Movement that would shatter the U.S in the 1960's.
The media coverage of the Civil Rights Movement was part of a large-scale cultural and social revolution, which called into question the traditional picture of American society. One may wonder to what extent the Civil Rights Movement opened the path for a three-level redefinition of the American identities: first, within the Black movement itself, through its relation to the Government, secondly from the public ‘side itself toward the movement, and finally from nation as a whole.
In order to stigmatise the relation between the media and the development of the Civil Rights Movement, let us focus our analysis on a couple of photographs, taken during the summer of 1963.
