Black civil rights movement

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How Malcolm X used the power of photography. As one of the most media savvy Black leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, Malcolm X was one of the most photographed and documented figures of his time. Although he didn’t trust mainstream media, he knew how to use them in his favor as all of their headlines about him provided him a platform to spread his message. Through photography, he knew how to control his image and highlight his community from a different perspective. When photojournalists…

With a focus on racial pride and self‑determination, leaders of the Black Power movement argued that civil rights activism did not go far enough.

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is perhaps the most well-known civil rights leader in the history of the U.S. From 1957 until his death in 1968, King traveled over 6 million miles and spoke more than 2,500 times, according to nobelprize.org. [https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1964/king/biographical/] His most famous speech, the "I Have a Dream" speech given in Washington D.C. in 1963, has become synonymous with his name. At age 35, King received the Nobel Peace Prize. At age 39, King was…

Angela Davis demonstrates against prison conditions at the State Building (Calif.)1970

Martin Luther King Jr. deliberately cultivated violence.

You can kill the Revolutionary but you cannot kill the Revolution

The photographs of Charles Brittin reveal the struggle for civil rights in Los Angeles presented in new book ,

March on Washington