[Leica] HCB wannabes

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

> 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_s9YP
> E#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
> 
> 


The "Honor" picture brought a tear to me eye.

On a lesser note so did the smugmug interface I was trying to get its URL to
indicate it. But its all cartoons. The control of my cursor is conveniently
taken from me. I hope they dial down the Flash and come down to earth.


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