Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sonny Carter wrote: Vince, I wasn't there for the firehoses, but I was for the marches. I think you owe all of us who made it possible for you to get out there and shoot a little break. ===================================================== I was never a working PJ and had no credentials, but I did cover one civil rights march as a self-assigned photo project. I was living in Memphis at the time of the King assassination and subsequent marches, so I just decided to go to the march and take pictures. The police were vigilant but not obnoxious. I was briefly stopped to make sure I wasn't packing heat, but then allowed to roam freely among the marchers with my cameras. I wonder if that would be possible today -- the police seem to want to be more controlling now, at least from my limited experience. As mentioned, I had no credentials whatsoever. A link to some of the march photos is here: http://pswango.smugmug.com/Journalism/A-march-for-Dr-King-Memphis/704068_s9YPE#30700120_unBSH <http://pswango.smugmug.com/Journalism/A-march-for-Dr-King-Memphis/704068_s9YPE#30700120_unBSH>I've posted these before, so apologies for repeating. Sonny (and others who may be interested), there's a good book by a white southerner who covered the civil rights movement for the press, with lots of interesting insider content. It's "Dixie," by Curtis Wilkie, who's now at the U. of Mississippi I believe. http://olemiss.edu/depts/journalism/wilkie.html -- Phil Swango 307 Aliso Dr SE Albuquerque, NM 87108 505-262-4085