Director’s foreword / Glenn D. Lowry -- Fortified by words : Dorothea Lange’s photographs / Sarah Hermanson Meister -- Plates / introductions by River Encalada Bullock -- San Francisco streets -- Government work / Kimberly Juanita Brown, Lauren Kroiz -- Land of the free / Tess Taylor -- An American exodus / Sandra S. Phillips, Wendy Red Star -- Pictures of words / Jennifer A. Greenhill -- 12 million Black voices / Robert Slifkin -- World War II / Julie Ault, Christina Sharpe -- Life -- The family of man -- Public defender / Sally Mann -- Migrant mother / Popular photography -- Late work / Rebecca Solnit, Sam Contis -- Checklist of the exhibition -- Selected bibliography -- Contributors -- Trustees of The Museum.