Author, North of Dixie: Civil Rights Photography Beyond the South (@GettyMuseum | @GettyPubs 2016) | Dad | Historian | Hiker | Tweets mine
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See more #photography from the Jim Crow North in this powerful @nytimesphoto gallery "Photographing Civil Rights... nyti.ms/2edkODb
Jack Shainman Gallery : Gordon Parks : Born Black loeildelaphotographie.com/en…
Ernest Cole's Photos from America Published for the First Time #photography mymodernmet.com/ernest-cole-…
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Dear politicians/political influencers:
When you evoke my father this #MLKDay, remember that he was resolute about eradicating racism, poverty, and militarism. And about corrective justice work.
Don’t just quote him.
Encourage and enact policies that reflect his teachings.
Don’t miss the CAC's monumental Black photography exhibit | Arts | nola.com #photography nola.com/entertainment_life/…
USM Art Gallery to host Exhibit Featuring Civil Rights Movement Photographer Herbert Randall’s Documentation of Freedom Summer in Hattiesburg | The University of Southern Mississippi #photography usm.edu/news/2024/release/he…
Gorgeous new book. #photograghy Ernest Cole: The True America (Aperture, 2024) | PhotoBook FlipThrough youtu.be/dvM984iYEHc?si=SMMU… via @YouTube
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Civil Rights Photographs come to Academy Art Museum
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Roland L. Freeman, whose photos chronicled Black life, dies at 87 - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/obituarie…
Men behind historic 1976 photo discuss race in Boston then vs. now #photography wcvb.com/article/boston-mass…
L&C exhibit features Ellison's Vietnam, Civil Rights photos #photography thetelegraph.com/news/articl…
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You can't understand 1776 if you don't understand 1619. July 4, 1776 when the colonists declared independence, 1/5 of the population of the 13 colonies was enslaved. They would not gain freedom for a century. This, too, is the 4th of July. This, too, is the story of America.
ArtsXchange exhibit celebrates late Civil Rights leader Dr. Doris Derby wabe.org/now-is-the-day-a-li… #photograghy #civilrightsmovenent
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Omg!! The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks is a clue in the @NewYorker crossword today!
Um, we made the @NewYorker crossword puzzle today! @redrubes14 @JeanneTheoharis @soledadobrien
CORE and the Early Civil Rights Movement in Los Angeles aaihs.org/core-and-the-early…
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On Malcolm X's birthday, I think about him & Rosa Parks.They meet for the first time in 1963 because he puts out the word he wants to meet her. Courage needs courage; activists need other activists. He talked about 2 civil rights activists with awe-Rosa Parks & Fannie Lou Hamer.
Civil Rights Icon Dr. Doris Derby honored with art exhibit in East Point - The Atlanta Voice #photography theatlantavoice.com/civil-ri…
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Fun fact: this is just not true. In 1964, Brooklyn CORE--who'd been challenging NY housing, school & job inequality with little change--called for a stall-in on highways to the World's Fair. White and Black moderates were horrified & wanted King to repudiate. King said no.
Fun fact: Martin Luther King Jr. opposed blocking roadways & transit paths indefinitely because he understood it was more likely to piss people off than convince them.
This is an exercise in vanity, not activism. reason.com/2022/07/06/blocki…
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"Our editors selected a vast array of contributions from all over the country...but the work from North Carolina certainly stands out as poignant, purposeful & uncompromising."
So honored to be one of three from NC. Thanks @indyweek. Outstanding review!
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