"This book was published on the occasion of the opening of the McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum in April 2006. The title of the book ... incorporates the name of the sculpture created for the atrium of the Museum ... 12151791 [is] a numeric iteration of December 15, 1791 ... the date that the Bill of Rights was ratified and added to the Constitution of the United States of America"--P. [2].

Colophon: "Distributed by The University of Chicago Press. Produced by The Coventry Group, Chicago. Designed by Studio Blue, Chicago. Printed by Meridian Printing, East Greenwich, Rhode Island."

Includes index of quotes.

Foreword / Alex Kotlowitz

Preface / David L. Grange

Envisioning freedom / James Yood

Realizing freedom: photographs

Recording freedom: one hundred quotes.

Civil rights workers > Pictorial works.

Museums > Illinois > Chicago.