MetaFilter posts tagged with civilrights and photography

His weapon was a camera....

photoslob — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 17:57:01 -0800

A true pioneer has left us. Gordon Parks dead at 93. His ground-breaking work as a still photographer of color during the civil rights movement was enough to garner him a place in history but he strove for excellence throughout his life. His first movie, the Learning Tree is a classic and of course he also gave us Shaft. He was a bonafide renaissance man excelling in music and painting and even wrote a ballet based on Martin Luther King. He was truly one-of-a-kind.

Unseen. Unforgotten.

kirkaracha — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 11:24:13 -0800

Unseen. Unforgotten. The Birmingham News recently discovered previously-unpublished photos of the civil rights movement in Birmingham, Alabama, during the late 1950s and early 1960s. The site includes audio interviews with some of the photographers and a PDF of how the photos appeared in the newspaper.

Don't Let 'Em See It!

dayvin — Sun, 23 May 2004 13:22:32 -0800

Ban on Camera Phones in Iraq Q: What do you do if your troops take pictures of physical and sexual abuse in American-run prisons in Iraq? A: Ban cameras, of course. What the people can't see don't happen.

baylink — Wed, 21 Jun 2000 15:15:55 -0800

One last one before I run out to dinner (sorry for running off at the keyboard this afternoon, folks...)

The Supreme Court had to rule on this? That scares me a *lot*.